Question

The wild-type allele for a gene has more base pairs than the mutated form of the allele. Which type of mutation occurred? base pair insertion base pair deletion base pair separation base pair substitution

Answer 1

Base pair deletion

Answer 2

base pair deletion

Step-by-step explanation:

The type of mutation that occurred would be base pair deletion.

Base pair deletion mutation is a type of mutation involving the deletion of one or more nucleotide bases from a DNA/gene. This causes a reduction in the base pairs and shortens the length of the DNA/gene

For example, if the first codon of a gene with base sequence 'AGGGCTACG' is deleted, the gene becomes shortened with a new base sequence of 'GCTACG'. Thus, the mutated gene would have a shorter base pair when compared to its wild-type counterpart.