Sickle-cell anemia is an example of an inherited disease.Individuals with this disorder have misshapen (sickle-shaped) red blood cells caused by a change in the sequence of the β-globin gene.What is the nature of the change?
A) chromosome loss
B) base-pair change
C) gene duplication
D) base-pair insertion
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