Question

A normal man marries a female carrier for sickle cell anemia. What are the chances of having carrier children?

Options

• All of them will be carriers

• None of them will be carriers

• 50% of them will be carriers

• Only daughters will be carriers

Answer 1

50% of them will be carriers

Explanation:

When a normal man (XY) marries a carrier female (Xs X) who has one X normal and other X with the mutated gene. So there are 50% chances of having carrier children as carders are always females.