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Sickle-cell anemia is an example of an inherited disease. Individuals with this disorder have misshapen (sickle-shaped) red blood cells caused by a change in the sequence of the beta-globin gene. What is the nature of the change? (a) chromosome loss(b) Substitution mutation (base-pair change)(c) gene duplication(d) insertion mutation (base-pair insertion)
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