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A person may have one gene for normal heamoglobin and one gene for sickle cell haemoglobin. This heterozygous condition is called

A

Genome

B

Anaemia

C

Gene trait

D

Sickle cell trait

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Sickle cell trait is a heteozygone condition in which an organism may have one gene for normal haemoglobin and the other gene for sicke cell haemoglobine.
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