Biology
Grade-12
Easy
Question
DNA molecule segment is: TTACGCAAG
The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. This is an example of ___ mutation.
- Substitution
- Deletion
- Insertion
- Inversion
Hint:
Deletion
The correct answer is: Deletion
A deletion is a type of mutation that involves the loss of one or more nucleotides from a segment of DNA.
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