Question

A recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar and ½ cup of flour. Zoe uses 1 cup of salt and ½ cup of flour.
Which kind of mutation is best modeled by Zoe's version of the recipe?

A.
Substitution
B.
Beneficial
C.
Insertion
D.
Transition

Answer 1

Zoe's version of the recipe involves using salt instead of sugar, which is a type of change where one ingredient is substituted for another. This best models a **substitution mutation**, where one base is replaced by another. Therefore, the correct answer is:

**A. Substitution**