What is one way that a frameshift mutation could occur? (1 point)

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three nucleotides are deleted
three nucleotides are deleted

three nucleotides are inserted
three nucleotides are inserted

two nucleotides are substituted
two nucleotides are substituted

two nucleotides are deleted

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A frameshift mutation occurs when nucleotides are inserted or deleted from the DNA sequence in numbers that are not multiples of three, causing a shift in the reading frame during translation.

Among the provided options, two nucleotides are deleted would be one way a frameshift mutation could occur.

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