It is determined that Elsa is experiencing beta-thalassemia major. Which of the following statements is not true regarding this diagnosis? A) The cause of beta-thalassemia is genetic.
B) Beta-thalassemia major is a grave condition and has a high mortality rate.
C) Beta-thalassemia major is often treated with blood transfusions.
D) Because beta-thalassemia is an x-linked trait, it affects males more often than females.

The correct option is D

Explanation:

Beta-thalassemia major is a hereditary disorder that usually causes severe anaemia. This mutation/disorder eventually leads to death if untreated especially during in the first two years of infancy. The treatment usually involves the transfusion of blood to clear the phenotypic blockage caused by the mutation. However, it requires both alleles to have the thalessemia mutation for a patient to be said to have beta-thalassemia major. Hence, it is not true that it involves just the x allele and thus affects males more often than females.

4.) metal

"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."