When a DNA sequence is being replicated, a cytosine base is replaced by a thymine base. This results in one wrong amino acid being attached to a protein during translation. What type of mutation is described? %C2%A0 (1 point) Responses Deletion Deletion Insertion Insertion Substitution Substitution Inversion

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The type of mutation described is a substitution mutation. In this case, a cytosine base is replaced by a thymine base, which can lead to a change in the corresponding amino acid during translation.