Individuals with the genetic condition sickle cell disease have hemoglobin ? chains with the amino

acid valine where normal hemoglobin ??chain has glutamic acid. This is the result of a ____ mutation.



a. missense
b. chromosomal
c. frameshift
d. silent
e. nonsense


A

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