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What is one way that a frameshift mutation could occur? (1 point)
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two nucleotides are substituted
two nucleotides are substituted

two nucleotides are deleted
two nucleotides are deleted

three nucleotides are inserted
three nucleotides are inserted

three nucleotides are deleted
three nucleotides are deleted

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Two nucleotides are deleted.

Deleting (or inserting) a number of nucleotides not divisible by 3 shifts the reading frame and causes a frameshift mutation.