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Grade 12Zoology

What difference would be noticed in the phenotype of the normal and the sufferer related to this gene?

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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11 Years ago
In a sufferer, the codon GAG is replaced by GUG in the mRNA. Hence, during translation of the defective mRNA, Glutamic acid is replaced by Valine.