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Kotie asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 decade ago

Punnet Square and Sickle Cell?

Sickle-cell anemia is a recessive disorder (H = healthy; h = sickle cell anemia). If a homozygous dominant person has children with a person with sickle cell anemia, what are the chances the children will have sickle cell anemia?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The cross is HH X hh So all of the offspring will be Hh. Since the disease is recessive, none of the children will have sickle cell anemia.

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