Question

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 ________.

Answer 1

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. Missense mutation is the mutation characterized with changes in one base pair so that the whole amino acid is changed.