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 ________. 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

Answer 1

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.