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The mother has sickle cell anemia; father is normal; chances of children having sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait respectively are:

A
0 and 100%
B
25 and 25%
C
50 and 50%
D
10 and 50%
High-Yield Explanation
Sickle cell anemia Autosomal recessive disorder Homozygous state of HbS (SS) where S stands for gene coding HbS. Heterozygous state of HbS (SA) where A stands for absent gene. Normal individual has no gene for HbS (AA) If the mother has sickle cell disease 'SS' and father is normal 'AA', then all the offsprings will be 'SA'. Thus % of sickle cell disease (SS) will be zero and that of sickle cell trait (SA) will be 100%.

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