Sickle-cell anaemia arises from a base change at the sixth codon from GAG to
AGUG
BGCG
CUAG
DGGG
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. GUG
GAG codes for glutamate and GUG codes for valine, causing the substitution.
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