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in the case of sickle cell anemia, carriers are ______ homozygous reces…

Question

in the case of sickle cell anemia, carriers are ______
homozygous recessive.
homozygous dominant
heterozygous
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Explanation:

Brief Explanations

Sickle cell anemia is a recessive genetic disorder. Carriers have one dominant and one recessive allele for the trait, meaning they do not show symptoms but can pass the recessive allele to offspring. This genetic makeup is defined as heterozygous. Homozygous recessive individuals have the full disease, while homozygous dominant individuals do not carry the recessive allele at all.

Answer:

Heterozygous