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48. A DNA segment is changed from -AATTAG- to -AATTTTAG-. What type ofmutation is this?A. duplicationB. frameshiftC. substitution

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Step-by-step explanation:

Chromosomal abnormalities can be of 3 types:

1. Numerical.

2. Balanced structural.

3. Unbalanced structural.

Structural chromosome abnormalities occur when a piece of an individual chromosome breaks off and relocates in some other way. In unbalanced structural chromosome abnormalities, there is extra or missing information on a chromosome. This last type of anomaly includes duplications, and deletions, among others. In duplications, part of a chromosome is copied or a part of the chromosome is duplicated.

For example, according to the problem, a DNA segment is changed from AATTAG- to -AATTTTAG. Notice that there is an additional fragment: TT in the last sequence.

We can conclude that the correct answer is:

Answer:

A. duplication

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