I think it's encode... Stored and retrieved
She found a metamorphic seashell
The answer would be D.
The mutation would cause a(in most cases) new and different polypeptide(protein) to be made so it can cause a different trait. For example a new eye color in fruit fly with mutated dna.
Depends which elements are listed.
However, I will tell you that the first shell can only be occupied by a maximum of two electrons and the rest after that can have a maximum of 8 :)