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What is one way that a frameshift mutation could occur? (1 point)
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three nucleotides are inserted
three nucleotides are inserted
three nucleotides are deleted
three nucleotides are deleted
two nucleotides are substituted
two nucleotides are substituted
two nucleotides are deleted
two nucleotides are deleted
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Two nucleotides are deleted.
Deleting a number of bases not divisible by three (like 1 or 2) shifts the reading frame, causing a frameshift mutation.
Deleting a number of bases not divisible by three (like 1 or 2) shifts the reading frame, causing a frameshift mutation.
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