Alterations That Change the Sequence of Information in a Gene

question 38

Multiple Choice

Alterations that change the sequence of information in a gene, leading to a change in the primary structure of a protein, are called

• A) epigenetic modifications.
• B) epigenetic changes.
• C) transcriptional modifications.
• D) mutations.

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