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What type of mutation would occur from a single nucleotide deletion (point mutation) within the coding sequence of a protein-coding gene?
a. a frameshift mutation
b. a silent point mutation
c. a nonsense point mutation
d. a missense point mutation
e. All of the choices are possible.
What type of mutation would occur from a single nucleotide deletion (point mutation) within the coding sequence of a protein-coding gene?
e. All of the choices are possible.
Explanation- Point mutation is a mutation in the single base pair of the coding sequence. It can be of the following types:
Frameshift mutations- occurs by addition or deletion of a base pair within the protein coding portion of a gene which has the effect of shifting the translational reading frame.
Silent mutation- type of point mutation without efferent phenotype. It occurs when the mutation in the new codon specifying the same amino acid has the unmutated codon.
Nonsense mutation- type of point mutation that changes a codon in a gene to one of the three termination codon.
Missense mutation- type of point mutation that alters the codon so that it specifies a different amino acid.
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