Sickle-Cell Disease Is Probably the Result of Which Kind of Mutation

question 8

Multiple Choice

Sickle-cell disease is probably the result of which kind of mutation?

• A)point
• B)frameshift
• C)nonsense
• D)nondisjunction
• E)both B and D

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Definitions:

Contributory Negligence

A legal doctrine that reduces the amount of damages a plaintiff can recover in a negligence-based claim, based upon the degree to which the plaintiff's own negligence contributed to the injury.

Assumed Risk

A principle that a person may voluntarily undertake or accept a risk inherent to an activity, thus absolving others from liability for any injury resulting from that risk.

Last Clear Chance

is a doctrine in tort law that allows a plaintiff to recover damages despite proof of contributory negligence if the defendant had the last opportunity to avoid the accident.

Intervening Cause

A legal term for an event that occurs after a party's initial act of negligence and contributes to a harmful event without breaking the causal link between the negligent act and the harm.