Question

What kind of mutation is demonstrated below:
ATGCCATGGCATTGA --> ATGCCATGCATTGA

Answer 1

Deletion

Step-by-step explanation:

ATGCCATGGCATTGA

-->

ATGCCATGCATTGA

Comparing the two sequences, you can see that one G nucleotide is missing in the new sequence compared to the original.

This is a single nucleotide deletion, where one nucleotide is lost from the sequence. Otherwise, the sequence is entirely unchanged.