a couple has three children, two without sickle cell anemia and on with sickle cell anemia. the mother has sickle cell anemia as well, while the father does not. make and defend a claim as to how this couple could have children with and without sickle cell anemia .be sure to mention the process of meiosis in your answer (must be at least 3 sentences)

Question

"I believe that a couple can have children with and without sickle cell anemia because___"

Answer 1

I believe that a couple can have children with and without sickle cell anemia because of the process of meiosis. During meiosis, the chromosomes in the parent's reproductive cells undergo recombination and independent assortment, resulting in unique combinations of genes in their offspring. In this case, one of the parents passes on the sickle cell gene to one child, while the other parent passes on the normal gene to the other two children. This is possible because meiosis randomly separates and distributes the chromosomes, allowing for different combinations of genetic traits in each child.