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The mismatch repair system recognizes mismatched base pairs, removes a portion of the DNA strand containing the error, and then resynthesizes the missing DNA using the correct sequence as a template. But what if the mismatch repair system instead removed a piece of the DNA strand that contained the correct sequence?

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Answer:

This is the result of frameshift mutations

Step-by-step explanation:

Frameshift mutations are genetic mutations that cause nucleotide changes in the frameshift sequence via insertions and deletions, which are collectively named indels

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