What is an insertion mutation?

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Nilaksha Perera · Answer 1 · 2022-06-12T06:48:17+0000

An insertion mutation is when an organism (specifically viruses), injects its own DNA into a cell. That then changes the cell into that virus. Think: DNA inserted to mutate (change) another organism.

Willem De Wit · Answer 2 · 2022-06-16T07:42:53+0000

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An insertion mutation is when by accident extra DNA bases are added to the DNA. The insertion changes drastically the nature of the proteins produced by the DNA chain. The addition of extra DNA disrupts the reading frame of DNA resulting in the wrong amino acids being produced.

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