What type of mutation error causes sickle cell anemia?(1 point) Responses substitution substitution deletion deletion frameshift frameshift insertion

Answer 1

Sickle cell anemia is caused by a substitution mutation. This type of mutation involves the replacement of one nucleotide in the DNA sequence, leading to a change in one amino acid in the hemoglobin protein. Specifically, the amino acid glutamic acid is replaced by valine at the sixth position of the beta-globin chain in hemoglobin.