Many different types of mutations can occur within the body. Tay-Sachs disease is a deadly disorder that is caused by a missing codon in the gene coding for production of the hex A enzyme in the body. Which type of mutation is responsible for causing Tay-Sachs disease
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Tay-Sachs is a hereditary disease; you can have a chance of getting it where your parents are both are carriers. Tay - Sachs disease causes when a baby is born in the absence of hexosaminidase.
It messes up your nervous system and changes the physical appearance after a few months of birth.
Type of mutation that is responsible for causing Tay-Sachs disease is deletion.
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One type of mutation responsible for causing Tay-Sachs disease is a DELETION mutation.
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