An alteration in the nucleotide sequence of a gene can alter the gene product. each sentence below is made up of three-letter words, representing mrna codons. the fat cat sat the fox was red she has the dog the same sentences are written below with a substitution, deletion, or insertion, much as a gene may have a substitution, deletion, or insertion mutation. identify which sentence represents a substitution, which represents a deletion, and which represents an insertion.