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Sickle cell anemia is a mutation that results in abnormally shaped blood cells. Which two of the following molecules are changed as a result of this mutation?

lipids

mRNA

Sugars

Pigments

Protein

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Sickle cell anemia is caused by a single letter mutation so transcription will lead to synthesis of a different mRNA molecule . The different mRNA molecule will lead to a different protein where a single amio acid is different(there is valine instead of glutamic acid)

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