Sickle-Shaped Blood Cells Form Because of Interactions Between Cells

question 61

True/False

Sickle-shaped blood cells form because of interactions between cells.

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Definitions:

Dominant Alleles

Dominant alleles are versions of genes that produce a dominant trait which will express itself in the phenotype, even when only one copy is present.

Monozygotic Twins

Identical twins that originate from a single fertilized egg, splitting and developing into two embryos.

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, are two siblings born at the same time as a result of two different eggs being fertilized by two different sperm cells, sharing 50% of their DNA.

Zygote

The initial cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg, representing the earliest stage of embryonic development.