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Look at the diagram above. What would be the result if structure C were deleted?

A.
an amino acid

B.
a stop codon

C.
a start codon

D.
a mutation

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
D. a mutation

Removing structure C (a nucleotide/base) would delete a base from the coding sequence, causing a mutation — typically a frameshift that alters the downstream amino acid sequence.