Question

Sickle cell anaemia is a case of

• A. Transition
• B. Transversion
• C. Frame shift mutation
• D. Silent mutation

Answer 1

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'.