OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Question
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sickle cell anemia is caused by which type of mutation
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non sense mutation
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silent mutation
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mis-sense mutation
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inversion mutation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an autosomal recessive disorder, with Mendelian inheritance pattern, caused by a missense mutation in the -polypeptide chain of the hemoglobin B.
Detailed explanation-2: -A genetic alteration in which a single base pair substitution alters the genetic code in a way that produces an amino acid that is different from the usual amino acid at that position.
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