Question

What is a frameshift mutation? What is the cause of this type of mutation?

Answer 1

a frameshift mutation is a deletion or insertion of one or more nucleotides. this causes defects during protein synthesis.

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Answer 2

A frameshift mutation (also called a framing error or a reading frame shift) is a genetic mutation causedby indels (insertions or deletions) of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three.