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  4. If a child is born with sickle-cell anaemia, then his/her parents must be:

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Q. If a child is born with sickle-cell anaemia, then his/her parents must be:

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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Sickle-cell anaemia is an autosome linked recessive trait that can be transmitted from parents to the offspring when both the partners are carriers for the gene (or heterozygous).