Chapter 10, Problem 9P

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

Justify the statement,“Sickle cell disease is arecessive genetic disorder.”

Introduction:

Sickle cell disease is an inheritable molecular disease related with the red blood cells, caused by the presence of abnormal hemoglobin molecules as a result of mutation in the hemoglobin gene. In autosomal recessive condition, inheritance of two mutated genes is required, one from each parent. An autosomal disorder can be occurred due to the mutation in a gene on one of the first $\text{22}$ autosomes.