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A person may have one gene for normal he...

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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The correct Answer is:
D
In this condition the person is carrier for sickle cell anaemia having genotype `(Hb^A Hb^S)`
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