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Which best describes a genetic mutation to a sequence of DNA that changes the way the sequence is read?

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A frameshift mutation is a genetic mutation caused by a deletion or insertion in a DNA sequence that shifts the way the sequence is read. ... During translation, the sequence of codons is read in order from the nucleotide sequence to synthesize a chain of amino acids and form a protein.

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