What are some factors that can cause genetic mutations?

Sunlight, radiation, and smoking

What changes in the DNA cause frameshift mutations to occur?

Insertions or deletions in the nucleotide.

Which usually disrupts the encoded protein more: a frameshift mutation or a point mutation?

A frameshift mutation because it causes the entire frame to shift.

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Question	Answer
What are some factors that can cause genetic mutations?	Sunlight, radiation, and smoking
What are the different ways that mutations in DNA affect the proteins that the DNA codes for?	Substitution
What changes in the DNA cause frameshift mutations to occur?	Insertions or deletions in the nucleotide.
What changes in the DNA cause point mutations to occur?
Which usually disrupts the encoded protein more: a frameshift mutation or a point mutation?	A frameshift mutation because it causes the entire frame to shift.