Assume That a Base Addition Occurs Early in the Coding

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Essay

Assume that a base addition occurs early in the coding region of a gene.Is the protein product of this gene expected to have MORE or FEWER altered amino acids compared with the original gene with a base deletion late in the coding region? Explain.

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