Select All the Characteristics That Make Sickle-Cell Disease a Good

question 3

Multiple Choice

Select all the characteristics that make sickle-cell disease a good candidate to study genetic diseases. (Check all that apply.)

• A) It is easily identifiable by a physical characteristic.
• B) It results from a single change in a single gene.
• C) It can be influenced by the environment.
• D) The sickle-cell inheritance pattern is not influenced by other genes.

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