Which
two of the followingmutational changes would you predict to be the most deleterious to gene function?
a. Insertion of a single nucleotide near the end of a codingsequence.
b. Removal of a single nucleotide near the beginning of a codingsequence.
c. Deletion of three consecutive nucleotides in the middle of acoding sequence.
d. Deletion of four consecutive nucleotides in the middle of acoding sequence.
e. Substitution of one nucleotide for another in the middle of acoding sequence.
Which
two of the followingmutational changes would you predict to be the most deleterious to gene function?
a. Insertion of a single nucleotide near the end of a codingsequence.
b. Removal of a single nucleotide near the beginning of a codingsequence.
c. Deletion of three consecutive nucleotides in the middle of acoding sequence.
d. Deletion of four consecutive nucleotides in the middle of acoding sequence.
e. Substitution of one nucleotide for another in the middle of acoding sequence.
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A mutation has resulted in changes to both the size (number of amino acids) and the amino acid composition of the protein encoded by a gene. This mutation is most likely a (an) ---------.
| A. | Deletion of the promoter | |
| B. | Insertion or deletion of a base pair in an exon | |
| C. | Single missense mutation in the transcription region | |
| D. | A base substitution, which has changed the start codon to 5'ACG3' | |
| E. | Insertion or deletion of a base in the middle of an intron |
