Question
When a DNA sequence is being replicated, a cytosine base is replaced by a thymine base. This results in one wrong amino acid being attached to a protein during translation. What type of mutation is described?
(1 point)
Responses
Insertion
Insertion
Deletion
Deletion
Inversion
Inversion
Substitution
Substitution
(1 point)
Responses
Insertion
Insertion
Deletion
Deletion
Inversion
Inversion
Substitution
Substitution
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The type of mutation described, where a cytosine base is replaced by a thymine base, is known as a **Substitution** mutation. This occurs when one base is replaced by another, leading to a potential change in the amino acid sequence during protein translation.