Question

What is one way that a frameshift mutation could occur? (1 point)
Responses

three nucleotides are deleted
three nucleotides are deleted

three nucleotides are inserted
three nucleotides are inserted

two nucleotides are substituted
two nucleotides are substituted

two nucleotides are deleted
GPT-4o mini
A frameshift mutation occurs when nucleotides are inserted or deleted from the DNA sequence in numbers that are not multiples of three, causing a shift in the reading frame during translation.

Among the provided options, **two nucleotides are deleted** would be one way a frameshift mutation could occur.

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