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Question 36

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Sickle-cell anaemia is an inherited genetic disorder caused by a recessive allele ( $s$ ). The dominant allele ( $S$ ) represents healthy hemoglobin production.

A mother with genotype $S s$ and a father with genotype $ss$ plan to have a child.

What scientific term describes the genotype of the father?

[1]

What is the percentage chance that their child will inherit sickle-cell anaemia (genotype $ss$ )?

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