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Sickle cell anemia is:...

Sickle cell anemia is:

A

caused by substitution of valine by glutamic acid in the beta globin chain of haemoglobin

B

caused by a change in a single base pair of DNA

C

characterized by elongated sickle like RBCs with a nucleus

D

an autosomal linked dominant trait

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