Draw a punnett square to show diesha how she got sickle cell. highlight diesha in the punnett. diesha is about to marry a man who has been tested and is free of sickle cell disease and trait. draw a punnett for diesha and her husband and use it to explain what their children can expect.

Daesh got sickle cell anemia from her parents. Both her parents must have been carriers for her to have sickle cell as demonstrated by the Punnet square below; Let as assume the dominant allele is represented by S while the recessive is represented by s.

If Daesh marries a healthy man, who is not a carrier, then their offspring will all be carriers but none will have the disorder.

trachea, alveoli, lung capillaries, arteries

not necessarily. higher fitness requires the organism to be reproductive successful. for example, an organism at age 10 with 15 offspring is much more fit than an organism at age 15 with only 5 offspring.