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Answer:

deletion

Step-by-step explanation:

AAC GGC AAA CGA TTG ---> ACG GGC AA? CGA TTG

The bolded portion represents where the mutation occured.

As you can see the nitrogenous base adenine was completely removed from the codon

When a nitrogenous base gets removed it is known as a deletion mutation

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