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
insertion
deletion
substitution
frameshift
1 answer
The mutation that occurred in the new strand is a substitution mutation. The nucleotide "C" in the original strand was replaced with an "A" in the new strand.