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What type of mutation occurred?

Original: ATT CAC
Mutated: ATT TCAC
substitution (point)
insertion (addition)
deletion

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User Fade
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Answer:

Insertion (addition)

Step-by-step explanation:

As you can see, a T was put into the strand, and moved the CAC one place to the right. It didn't take the place of any nucleotide. This shows that the extra T caused an Insertion Mutation.

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