Question

DNA molecule segment is : TTACGCAAG The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. The mutated DNA segment is an example of ___ mutation. Question options: deletion substitution inversion insertion

Answer 1

deletion mutation is the answer

Answer 2

"The correct option for the answer among all the options given for the question is deletion

DNA molecule segment is :TTACGCAAG The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. The mutated DNA segment is an example of deletion mutation

This is because, in the mutated DNA segment, the third base Adenine(A) is missing which was present in the original DNA segment. Thus, the mutated DNA segment is an example of deletion.

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