Sickle-cell disease is caused by a mutation.

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Compare the segment of DNA for
normal hemoglobin with the segment for
sickle-cell hemoglobin below.
Sickle-cell disease is caused by a
mutation.
Normal
Sickle-cell
hemoglobin DNA
hemoglobin DNA
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...
...
Normal hemoglobin
Sickle-cell hemoglobin
Normal red blood cells
A sickled red blood cell
substitution
inversion
deletion
translocation
Transcribed Image Text:Compare the segment of DNA for normal hemoglobin with the segment for sickle-cell hemoglobin below. Sickle-cell disease is caused by a mutation. Normal Sickle-cell hemoglobin DNA hemoglobin DNA ... GIAIICIA ... ... Normal hemoglobin Sickle-cell hemoglobin Normal red blood cells A sickled red blood cell substitution inversion deletion translocation
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