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Sickle cell anaemia is...

Sickle cell anaemia is

A

Characterised byu elongated sickle like RBCs with a nucleus

B

Caused by substitution of valine by glutamic acid in beta gloublin chain of haemoglobin

C

Caused by a change in a single base pair of DNA

D

An autosomla linked dominant triat.

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The correct Answer is:
C
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