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

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three nucleotides are deleted
three nucleotides are deleted

two nucleotides are deleted
two nucleotides are deleted

three nucleotides are inserted
three nucleotides are inserted

two nucleotides are substituted

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A frameshift mutation could occur if two nucleotides are deleted. This type of mutation changes the reading frame of the DNA sequence, which alters the downstream amino acid sequence during protein synthesis.