Question

Below is a segment of a normal DNA sequence:

ATA GCA TGA

If the segment is changed to the following:

ATA GAT GA

this would be an example of ____________.


A) A deletion mutation.


B) An insertion mutation.


C) Genetic Drift


D)Natural Selection

Answer 1

This would be an example of ____________.
A) A deletion mutation.

Notice how the sequence continues after loss of the C in the middle. It will also shift the reading frame when translating, thus a frame-shift mutation.