A Class of Mutations That Results in Multiple Contiguous Amino

question 22

Multiple Choice

A class of mutations that results in multiple contiguous amino acid changes in proteins is likely to be which of the following?

• A) transversion
• B) frameshift
• C) transition
• D) recombinant
• E) base analog

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Definitions:

Critical Values

Thresholds in hypothesis testing which, if exceeded by the test statistic, indicate that the null hypothesis can be rejected.

Standard Deviation

A metric that quantifies how spread out a dataset is in comparison to its average value.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to calculate confidence intervals or test hypotheses.

Null Hypothesis

The default position that there is no difference or effect and that any observed differences are due to chance.