Keywords: Thalassemia beta.jpg en The picture shows one example of how beta thalassemia is inherited The beta globin gene is located on chromosome 11 A child inherits two beta globin genes one from each parent In this example each parent has one altered beta globin gene Each child has a 25 percent chance of inheriting two normal genes no anemia a 50 percent chance of inheriting one altered gene and one normal gene beta thalassemia trait or a 25 percent chance of inheriting two altered genes beta thalassemia major 2013-11-12 22 58 18 National Heart Lung and Blood Institute NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute NIH PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Hemoglobin beta-chain Human chromosome 11 |