Asked by kelvin calin
The DNA sequence reads ACGTTCATT before a mutation occurs. After the mutation, the DNA sequence reads ATCGTTCATT. Which type of mutation occurred?
substitution
insertion
deletion
point
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Insertion — a T was added after the first A (sequence length increases from 9 to 10). This is an insertion (and would cause a frameshift in a coding sequence).
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