A mutation involving the addition of one or more nucleotides to a gene.Group of answer choicesnucleotide substitutionsilent mutationdeletionnonsense mutationpoint mutationmissense mutationinsertionNext
Question
A mutation involving the addition of one or more nucleotides to a gene.Group of answer choicesnucleotide substitutionsilent mutationdeletionnonsense mutationpoint mutationmissense mutationinsertionNext
Solution
The mutation involving the addition of one or more nucleotides to a gene is called an "insertion".
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