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The sickle-cell mutation is a single base substitution from which codon change?
AGUG to GAG
BGAG to GUG
CAUG to UAA
DUUU to UUA
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. GAG to GUG
The sixth codon of the beta globin gene changes from GAG to GUG, replacing Glu with Val.
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