The Most Commonly Occurring Mutation in People with Cystic Fibrosis

question 51

Multiple Choice

The most commonly occurring mutation in people with cystic fibrosis is a deletion of a single codon. This results in

• A) a base-pair substitution.
• B) a nucleotide mismatch.
• C) a frameshift mutation.
• D) a polypeptide missing an amino acid.
• E) a nonsense mutation.

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