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mutation types
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Deletion | Removing nucleotides |
| Insertion | Adding nucleotides |
| Point mutation | Changes one base pair |
| Nonsense | Stop codon |
| Missense | Changes 1 amino acid |
| Silence | does nothing |
| Frameshift | shifts the frame of the amino acid sequence by adding or deleting nucleotides |