Which of the following mutations would be most likely to have a harmful effect o

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Yolanda

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on: Jun 25, 2013

Which of the following mutations would be most likely to have a harmful effect on an organism?
A) a nucleotide-pair substitution
B) a deletion of three nucleotides near the middle of a gene
C) a single nucleotide deletion in the middle of an intron
D) a single nucleotide deletion near the end of the coding sequence
E) a single nucleotide insertion downstream of, and close to, the start of the coding sequence

coco

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2013

It's E. Have a nice day!

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