3. Sequences for the types of hemoglobin are shown below.
a point mutation.
CCT GAG GAG
Sequence for wild-type hemoglobin
CCT GTG GAG
Sequence for sickle-cell hemoglobin
a frame-shift mutation.
an inversion mutation.
Sickle-cell anemia is caused by a mutation of
one nucleotide in a gene. The type of mutation
that causes sickle-cell anemia is known as —
an insertion mutation,
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