The type of mutation that causes sickle cell anemia is a substitution mutation. In this disorder, a single nucleotide in the DNA sequence is replaced with another nucleotide, leading to a change in the hemoglobin protein that causes red blood cells to deform into a sickle shape.
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The picture is of Sickle cell anemia
What type of mutation error has occurred to cause the disorder shown?(1 point)
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insertion
insertion
frameshift
frameshift
deletion
deletion
substitution
substitution
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