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The mutation resulting in sickle cell disease changes one base pair of dna so that a codon now codes for a different amino acid, making it an example of a ________. the mutation resulting in sickle cell disease changes one base pair of dna so that a codon now codes for a different amino acid, making it an example of a ________. missense mutation frameshift mutation nonsense mutation silent mutation

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Missense mutation
Mutation can be defined as the permanent alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the genome of a virus, organisms or other genetic materials. However, a change in single nucleotide that result to a codon that code for different amino acid can be refers to as Missense mutation.
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