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Which gene mutation would have the smallest impact on a protein's amino acid sequence?​

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Answer:

Point mutation

Step-by-step explanation:

Point mutation is a kind of mutation that involves a single nucleotide base. Generally, mutation is any alteration that occurs to the genetic sequence of an organism, however, point mutation involves only one base of the numerous in the sequence.

Point mutation can be an insertion, substitution, deletion etc, but it is the gene mutation that would have the smallest impact on a protein's amino acid sequence. This is because the change to the genetic sequence involves a single base.

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