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Which type of mutation is more harmful to the organism: a mutation that deletes a sequence of three nucleotide units or a mutation that deletes only one nucleotide? Why?

Sagot :

Which type of mutation is more harmful to the organism: a mutation that deletes a sequence of three nucleotide units or a mutation that deletes only one nucleotide? Why?

  • Insertion or deletion results in a frame-shift that changes the reading of subsequent codons and, therefore, alters the entire amino acid sequence that follows the mutation, insertions and deletions are usually more harmful than a substitution in which only a single amino acid is altered.