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Examine the two strands of DNA below. Which kind of mutation occurred?

Original strand: AGC GTA CCC TAC

New strand: AGC GTA ACC TAC

(1 point)
Responses

frameshift
frameshift

substitution
substitution

deletion
deletion

insertion

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Substitution — a single nucleotide in the third codon changed (CCC → ACC), a point mutation that does not shift the reading frame.