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?(1 point)

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Responses

Substitution
Substitution

Inversion
Inversion

Deletion
Deletion

Insertion

Answer 1

The type of mutation described in your scenario is a substitution mutation. This occurs when one base is replaced by another in the DNA sequence, leading to a change in the corresponding amino acid during translation.