Which of the Following Mutations Would Be Most Likely to Have

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following mutations would be most likely to have a harmful effect on an organism?

• A) a deletion of three nucleotides near the middle of a gene
• B) a single nucleotide deletion in the middle of an intron
• C) a single nucleotide deletion near the end of the coding sequence
• D) a single nucleotide insertion downstream of, and close to, the start of the coding sequence

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Definitions:

Central Limit Theorem

A statistical theory that states that given a sufficiently large sample size from a population with a finite level of variance, the mean of all samples from the same population will be approximately equal to the mean of the population.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (like the mean) that would result from taking a large number of samples from a population.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points in a sample used to estimate characteristics of a population.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values in a population.