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stiv31 [10]
3 years ago
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What does the term frameshift mean in science

Biology
2 answers:
kirill115 [55]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

<em>A frameshift mutation is a genetic mutation caused by a deletion or insertion in a DNA sequence that shifts the way the sequence is read. A DNA sequence is a chain of many smaller molecules called nucleotides.</em>

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AURORKA [14]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

A frameshift mutation is a type of mutation involving the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide in which the number of deleted base pairs is not divisible by three.

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