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The gene of sickle cell anaemia is inherited by

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Blood cells
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Bone cells
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Sex chromosomes
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Autosomes
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Solution

The correct option is D Autosomes
Sickle cell disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. This means that a child will not inherit the disease unless both parents pass down a defective copy of the gene. It is the blood-related disease where haemoglobin structure is distorted from spherical to sickle-shaped. This distorted shape has less affinity to bind with oxygen and thus cause anaemia.

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