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Sickle cell disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.

1. Autosomal dominant
2. Autosomal recessive
3. X-linked recessive
4. Y-linked inheritance

Correct answer: Autosomal recessive

Solution

Sickle cell disease requires two mutated copies of the gene for the disease to be expressed, which is the hallmark of autosomal recessive inheritance. It is not sex-linked because the gene is on an autosome, not a sex chromosome.

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