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Sickle cell anaemia is due to substitution/transversion (point mutation) in which

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instead of glutamic acid, valine comes at number 6th position in one of `beta` chain of Hb

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instead of valine, glutanic acid is inserted at number 6th position of `beta`-chain of Hb

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valine is inserted at number 6th position in `alpha` chain of Hb

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glutamic acid is substituted by valine at number 6th position of `alpha`-chain of Hb

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