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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2007

In some regions of South Africa there is a spread sickle-shaped cell anemia, in which erythrocytes have shape of a sickle as a result of substitution of glutamin by valine in the hemoglobin molecule. What is the cause of this disease?

Answer options

  1. Transduction
  2. Crossingover
  3. Genomic mutations
  4. Disturbance of mechanisms of genetic information realization
  5. Gene mutation
Correct answer

Gene mutation

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