Describe how mutations cause the following diseases and specifically what the mutation is: 1) Sickle cell anemia 2)...

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Describe how mutations cause the following diseases andspecifically what the mutation is:
1) Sickle cell anemia

2) G6PD deficiency

3) Thalassemia

4) Chondrodysplasia

5) Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

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1 sickle cell anemia it causes the Hb present in rbc to distort to a sickle shape when deoxygenated the type of mutation is point mutation in which there is change of only nucleotide in the gene for haemoglobin 2    See Answer
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