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Frameshift mutations result from ________.
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Think of a sentence: "THE CAT ATE RAT". If you delete "C", it becomes "THE ATA TER AT...", which makes no sense. This is a frameshift!
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Jul 9, 2026
\( \text{Recombination} \)
\( \text{DNA methylation} \)
\( \text{Base substitution} \)
\( \text{Deletion or insertion of nucleotides} \)
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