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In their studies of frameshift mutations, Crick, Barnett, Brenner, and Watts-Tobin found t...

In their studies of frameshift mutations, Crick, Barnett, Brenner, and Watts-Tobin found that either three “pluses” or three “minuses” restored the correct reading frame. (a) Assuming the code is a triplet, what effect would the addition or loss of six nucleotides have on the reading frame? (b) If the code were a sextuplet (consisting of six nucleotides), would the reading frame be restored by the addition or loss of three, six, or nine nucleotides?

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