Question

Individuals who are affected by Sickle Cell Anemia have a mutation which leads to the production of valine instead of glutamic acid in a specific gene. The change in codons is shown as GAG to GTG. This is a ______ mutation.

silent

nonsense

missense

frameshift

Answer 1

Answer:

Individuals who are affected by Sickle Cell Anemia have a mutation which leads to the production of valine instead of glutamic acid in a specific gene. The change in codons is shown as GAG to GTG. This is a frameshift mutation.

Answer 2

here the answer is frameshift