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sickle-cell anemia  

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  • Sickle-cell anemia (Hb S) is an inherited autosomal (“non-sex” chromosomes) recessive blood disease that affects millions of people throughout the world. It is caused by a mutation in the gene for beta hemoglobin (an oxygen-carrying molecule),producing a change in the shape of the red blood cell into a sickle shape. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Sickle-Cell Anemia]

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