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Will an insertion or a deletion of three nucleotides result in a frameshift mutation? Explain why...

Will an insertion or a deletion of three nucleotides result in a frameshift mutation? Explain why or why not.

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Insertion or deletion of single base pairs (or more, except multiples of three) in DNA results in frame shift mutations, in this; the reading frame shifts at the point of mutation and results in non-functional proteins.

Insertion or a deletion of three nucleotides result in a frameshift mutation does not result in frameshift mutation because it exactly removes one codon or inserts one codon, so the change in the resulting mRNA is limited to one particular amino acid, but the remaining sequence remain the same.

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