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Sickle cell anaemia is a case of

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Transition
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Transversion
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Frame shift mutation
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Silent mutation
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Solution

The correct option is A Transition
Transition, in genetics and molecular biology, refers to a point mutation that changes a purine nucleotide to another purine (A ↔ G), or a pyrimidine nucleotide to another pyrimidine (C ↔ T). Sickle-cell disease is caused by a single point mutation (a missense mutation) in the beta-hemoglobin gene that converts a GAG codon into GUG, which encodes the amino acid valine rather than glutamic acid.

So, the correct answer is 'Transition'.

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