Sickle Cell Disease questions with correct answers

Sickle Cell Disease Cause General - Answer Caused by a mutation that alters things at the molecular level Most common in... - Answer Malarial places - Africa....African American People 1 copy of the gene - Answer You have resistance to the malaria and carrier for sc 2 copies of the gene - Answer You have the disease Hemoglobin - Answer Sickle Cell effects hemoglobins structure and function - Oxygen binds to hemoglobin - Hemoglobin delivers oxygen to other parts of the body - 4 different peptides (what DNA codes for) come together to make hemoglobin - 2 alpha and 2 beta Dr. Herrick - Answer Dentist looked at student with scd Dr. Emmel - Answer Showed cells under condition of low O2 could sickle 1923 Genetic Link Discovered - Answer Petigree analysis Linus Pauling - Answer Measured differe