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The change in one amino acid in the B subunit of hemoglobin. This mutation is responsible for sickle cell trait which, in a heterozygous condition, is very useful resisting the Plamodium protist in...
Black leopards are a helpful mutation. It allows leopards that live in dense cover to camouflage to the shadowy forest. This is not entirely accurate, since a spotted leopard hunts just as well, if...
The single mutation is in the B subunit of hemoglobin. One point mutation changed one amino acid and in malaria country the resulting trait, sickle cell trait, is very helpful to have in a...
The substitution of one triplet code in the DNA that codes for an mRNA that codes for an amino acid that makes up a protein. Sickle cell trait is an example of this. One amino acid substitution in a...
The disease sickle cell anaemia occurs due to a mutation. This causes the amino acid glutamic acid (which is hydrophilic) in haemoglobin to be replaced by valine (which is hydrophobic).