Question

. List at least two contributing factors for Mrs. Jennings' Sickle Cell Disease that relate to biological variations by race and ethnic heritage

Answer 1

Sickle cell difease caused by mutation in the gene that tells our body to make the red, inon rich compound that gives red colour to blood y The Sickle cell gene is passed from generation to generation in a pattern of inheritence called autosomal recessive inheritence.

> If only one parent passes the sickle cell gene to child, the child will have side cell trait, with One normal hemoglobin gene and defective gene. sickle cell disease common in certain ethnic groups * - people & African descent African Americans ( among I in 12 Asian, indian and Mediterranean carries gene) -