As a research project, a group of students created a pedigree showing the incidence of sickle cell anemia in a family over three generations. Generation I Generation II Generation III 3 7 8 1 2 5 9 Unaffected male Unaffected female Affected male Affected female 6 10 Which of the following claims about the inheritance pattern of sickle cell anemia is best supported using evidence from the pedigree? A Sickle cell anemia is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait given that individual 10 has the condition but neither of her parents do.

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As a research project, a group of students created a pedigree showing the incidence of sickle cell anemia in a family over three generations.
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Unaffected female
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Affected female
Which of the following claims about the inheritance pattern of sickle cell anemia is best supported using evidence from the pedigree?
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Sickle cell anemia is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait given that individual 10 has the condition but neither of her parents do.
Sickle cell anemia is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait given that it skips a generation.
Sickle cell anemia is inherited as an incompletely dominant trait given that individual 9 to anaffected and his sister has the trait.
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Transcribed Image Text:1 2 Question 4 3 A 4 B 5 6 8 As a research project, a group of students created a pedigree showing the incidence of sickle cell anemia in a family over three generations. Generation I Generation II 9 Generation III 3 10 7 4 11 8 1 2 5 9 Unaffected male Unaffected female Affected male Affected female Which of the following claims about the inheritance pattern of sickle cell anemia is best supported using evidence from the pedigree? 10 Sickle cell anemia is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait given that individual 10 has the condition but neither of her parents do. Sickle cell anemia is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait given that it skips a generation. Sickle cell anemia is inherited as an incompletely dominant trait given that individual 9 to anaffected and his sister has the trait. < 4 of 11 ? > Submit €
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