BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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A mutation can add, delete, or change nucleotides in a DNA sequence. It can also replace one base with the other. Insertion or deletion of nucleotides disrupt the reading frame and eventually changes the sequence of the encoded protein.

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