Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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ISBN: 9781259616020
Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The comparisonof the phenotype of homozygous normal alleles and sickle cell alleles at the cellular, molecular and organism levels.

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Change in the shape of RBC(red blood cells) due to change in the beta (β) globin chain of the hemoglobin leads to sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disorder, which occurs due to mutation at the sixth position of theβ-globin chain. It is also an example of a single base mutationor single nucleotide mutation.

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Genetics: Analysis and Principles

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