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Yolanda

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on: Jun 25, 2013
The most commonly occurring mutation in people with cystic fibrosis is a deletion of a single codon. This results in
A) a base-pair substitution.
B) a nucleotide mismatch.
C) a frameshift mutation.
D) a polypeptide missing an amino acid.
E) a nonsense mutation.


coco

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2013
It's D. Have a nice day!


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Reply #2 on: Jul 6, 2013
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