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Anemia is a broad disorder that literally translates as 'no blood'. In medical practice, anemia is a condition in which there are insufficient normal red blood cells to provide oxygen to the body tissues.
Anemia can be caused by a wide variety of things: large volume blood loss, infection, cancer and toxins can all result in various types of anemia.
There are also genetic causes of anemia. Two commonly discussed genetic anemias are sickle cell anemia and hemophilia-related anemia. Sickle cell anemia developed in Africa, where malaria parasites are common. A heterozygous individual has about 15% abnormal red blood cells that are crescent-shaped and don't transport oxygen well. Hemophilia was traced to a point mutation in the English royal line in the Middle Ages, which then spread throughout Europe via marriage among the royal houses. Hemophilia actually results in blood that does not clot properly, which can result in anemia due to chronic blood loss through hemorrhages.
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Which genetic disorder occurs primarily in African Americans?
Sickle Cell Anemia
What genetic disorder occurs primarily in African Americans?
Sickle Cell Anemia
What genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood?
Spherocytosis
What isa genetic disorder?
A genetic disorder is an abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes. an example is autism. human being
If a genetic disorder is carried on a recessive gene which if any will have the disorder?
If a genetic disorder is carried on a recessive gene, offspring will only have the disorder if both parents have the recessive gene.
Is Sickle cell anemia genetic?
Yes, Sickle Cell Anemia is in fact a genetic disorder.
What is Sickle-cell anemia is an example of?
Genetic disorder
How do you ge sickle cell anemia?
You get Sickle-Cell Anemia by Birth,it is a genetic disorder.
How do you get sickle cell anemia?
It is a genetic disorder so you are born with it
Which form of anemia is a genetic disorder?
It sounds like you are looking for Sickle Cell Anemia.
What genetic disorder comes from pacinian corpuscles?
sickle cell anemia
Which genetic disorder occurs primarily in African Americans?
Sickle Cell Anemia
What genetic disorder occurs primarily in African Americans?
Sickle Cell Anemia
What genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood?
Spherocytosis
Is sickle cell disease recessive?
Yes, Sickle Cell-Anemia is a genetic condition that is passed down from one generation to the other.
Is a genetic disorder characterized by production of abnormal hemoglobin?
Sickle cell anemia.
Difference between thalassemia and sickle cell anemia?
Thalassemia is a genetic disorder as a result of an imbalance in the hemoglobin. In sickle cell, also a genetic disorder, the mutation cause a crescent shaped molecule.
