Which of These Results from a Deletion of Base Pairs

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of these results from a deletion of base pairs such that the amino acid sequence is disrupted from that point downward?

• A)transversion mutation
• B)transition mutation
• C)nonsense mutation
• D)missense mutation
• E)frameshift mutation

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