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  • 04-05-2021
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What are point mutations? What are frameshift mutations? Which are worse?

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  • 04-05-2021

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A point mutation is a genetic mutation where a single nucleotide base is changed, inserted or deleted from a DNA or RNA sequence of an organism's genome.

A frameshift mutation is a genetic mutation caused by indels of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three

frameshift mutation are worse... . ... frameshift mutation results from an insertion or deletion of a number of nucleotides that is not a multiple of three..but point mutation affect a single base pair

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