A normal allele for a gene has more base pairs than the mutated form of the allele. Which type of mutation occurred?(1 point)

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Responses

base pair insertion
base pair insertion

base pair separation
base pair separation

base pair deletion
base pair deletion

base pair substitution

Answer 1

The type of mutation that occurred, in which the normal allele has more base pairs than the mutated form of the allele, is:

base pair deletion.

A base pair deletion results in the loss of base pairs from the DNA sequence, leading to a mutated allele with fewer base pairs compared to the normal allele.