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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 4. Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Sickle-cell anaemia is due to the following mutant gene

  1. A CTC-CAC
  2. B CTC-GAC
  3. C CAC-GUG
  4. D GAG-GUG
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(A) CTC-CAC

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(A) CTC-CAC,
In the case of sickle cell anemia, the substitution of valine (CTC) for glutamic acid (CAC) at the sixth position in the ẞ chain allows a new bond to form, which changes the conformation of the haemoglobin and leads to aggregation of haemoglobin molecules. This is an example of silent point mutation.