A loss of one or more nucleotides from a gene.Group of answer choicesnonsense mutationdeletionmissense mutationinsertionnucleotide substitutionpoint mutationsilent mutation
Question
A loss of one or more nucleotides from a gene.Group of answer choicesnonsense mutationdeletionmissense mutationinsertionnucleotide substitutionpoint mutationsilent mutation
Solution
The correct answer is "deletion". This term refers to the loss of one or more nucleotides from a gene.
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