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What is one way that a frameshift mutation could occur? (1 point)Responsestwo nucleotides are deletedtwo nucleotides are deletedtwo nucleotides are substitutedtwo nucleotides are substitutedthree nucleotides are insertedthree nucleotides are insertedthree nucleotides are deleted
GPT-4o mini
A frameshift mutation can occur when either one or two nucleotides are deleted or inserted in a DNA sequence. Among the options you've provided, the correct response indicating a way a frameshift mutation could occur is:

- **two nucleotides are deleted**

This deletion shifts the reading frame of the codons during translation, potentially altering the entire protein sequence downstream.

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