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?

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Responses

Insertion
Insertion

Deletion
Deletion

Inversion
Inversion

Substitution
Substitution

Answer 1

The type of mutation described, where a cytosine base is replaced by a thymine base, is known as a Substitution mutation. This occurs when one base is replaced by another, leading to a potential change in the amino acid sequence during protein translation.