help please

in order for a child to inherit a recessive genetic disease, like sickle cell anemia, healthy parents must both?

a.) have the disease
b.) be homozygous for the mutated gene that causes the disease
c.) be carriers of the mutated gene that causes the disease
d.) have other offspring that have the disease

Question

help please

in order for a child to inherit a recessive genetic disease, like sickle cell anemia, healthy parents must both?

a.) have the disease
b.) be homozygous for the mutated gene that causes the disease
c.) be carriers of the mutated gene that causes the disease
d.) have other offspring that have the disease

anonymous · Answer

It would be Choice B or C.

What do you think?