Sickle cell anemia is the clinical manifestation of homozygous genes for an abnormal hemoglobin molecule. The event responsible for the mutation in the B chain is:
Correct Answer: Point mutation
Description: Ans. D. Point mutationThe mutation in HbS is an example ofPoint mutationPartially acceptable mis-sense mutationTransversionBase substitution.Nonconservative mutation
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