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Genetic Mutations Produce Variation Quick Check
What is one way that a frameshift mutation could occur? (1 point)
• two nucleotides are deleted
• two nucleotides are substituted
three nucleotides are inserted
three nucleotides are deleted
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Correct answer: two nucleotides are deleted.
Deleting (or inserting) a number of bases not divisible by three shifts the codon reading frame, changing all downstream amino acids.
Deleting (or inserting) a number of bases not divisible by three shifts the codon reading frame, changing all downstream amino acids.
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