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(Meme attached for you.) The following original section of DNA is replicated, and a mutation occurs in the sequence. Compare the original sequence to the copied sequence. Which type of mutation occurred?
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(Meme attached for you.)

The following original section of DNA is replicated, and a mutation occurs in the sequence. Compare the original sequence to the copied sequence. Which type of mutation occurred?

The original DNA.
TTACGGCCTA

The copied DNA.
TTACGCCTA


1. Physical
2. insertion
3. Deletion
4. substitution

(Meme attached for you.) The following original section of DNA is replicated, and-example-1
User Akshay Agrawal
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Answer:

3. Deletion

Step-by-step explanation:

The original DNA is TTACGGCCTA when the copied one misses the second G

TTACGGCCTA

TTAC GCCTA

The empty space is where the deletion happened.

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