Types of Genetic Mutations

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Substitution mutation

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A single nucleotide is replaced by another

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Insertion mutation

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Addition of one or more nucleotides into a DNA sequence

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Deletion mutation

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Removal of one or more nucleotides from a DNA sequence

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Effect of substitution mutation

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Can lead to a change in a single amino acid in a protein

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Frameshift mutation

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Result of insertion or deletion mutations altering the reading frame