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Can a person who is a silent carrier of alpha thalassaemia, marry someone with a thalassaemia trait?
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Missing data: The risk to any offspring will depend on their genetic profile. You didn't detail whether the thal trait person is a alpha or beta trait. Silent carrier status is what we call a person with trait. If parents both have alpha thal trait (carrier) the statistical risk=50% carriers, 25% full blown alpha thal, 25% normal. But conceptions don't respect statistics,all offspring could have full blown thal
Answered 8/14/2018
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