Identify the Type of Mutation Associated with the Following Questions

question 52

Short Answer

Identify the type of mutation associated with the following questions and statements. Some answers may be used more than once.
-If UUA codes for leucine (leu), UUU codes for phenylalanine (phe), AUU codes for isoleucine (iso), AAA codes for asparagine (asn), and UAA codes for a stop codon, which type of mutation would be responsible for changing the protein sequence from leu-phe-iso-iso-stop to leu-phe-leu-phe-asn-stop?
A)deletion only
B)insertion only
C)base-pair substitution
D)frameshift mutation

• A)deletion only
• B)insertion only
• C)base-pair substitution
• D)frameshift mutation

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