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iogann1982 [59]
3 years ago
9

What type of mutation can alter DNA by the addition of a nucleotide base?

Biology
1 answer:
timama [110]3 years ago
8 0

Answer: insertion

Crossing over is when homologous* chromosomes exchange genes, resulting in gene combinations.

Deletion is when a base pair is deleted from DNA. Insertion is when a base pair is added to DNA. Both insertion and deletion are serious because every amino acid beginning at the mutation will most likely be incorrect. This will lead to a nonfunctional protein.

Base-pair substitution is a substitution of one base pair for another in DNA. The effects of this may be a silent** point, missense*** point, or nonsense**** point.

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<em>*A pair of matching chromosomes. They have the same genes but can have different versions.</em>

<em>**A special case where no amino acids are affected.</em>

<em>***Affects one animo acid. The whole protein structure and function may or may not be disrupted. </em>

<em>****Results in a stop codon that shortens the protein.</em>

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