The Condition Sickle-Cell Anaemia Is Due to

question 47

Multiple Choice

The condition sickle-cell anaemia is due to

• A) the insertion of an amino acid.
• B) the deletion of an amino acid.
• C) substitution of an amino acid.
• D) failure to synthesize a haemoglobin molecule.
• E) unequal recombination resulting in the deletion of the β chain haemoglobin gene.

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