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Sickle cell anemia is...

Sickle cell anemia is

A

caused by a change in a single base pair of DNA

B

characterized by elongated sickle like RBCs with a nucleus

C

an autosomal linked dominant trait

D

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

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