THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN
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Question
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What type of gene mutation has occurred here?T-G-A|C-C-A-C-C |A
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Substitution
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Frameshift-Deletion
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Frameshift-Insertion
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Frameshift Mutation A frameshift mutation in a gene refers to the insertion or deletion of nucleotide bases in numbers that are not multiples of three. This is important because a cell reads a gene’s code in groups of three bases when making a protein.
Detailed explanation-2: -Crohn’s disease, cystic fibrosis, and certain types of cancer are due to frameshift mutations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mutations can be of many types, such as substitution, deletion, insertion, and translocation.
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