Question

13. Why are insertion and deletion mutations so much more damaging to the final polypeptide structure than substitution mutations?

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Answer 1

Answer: 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.

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