A frame shift mutation a. can lead to a longer protein b. can lead to a shorter...

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A frame shift mutation

a. can lead to a longer protein

b. can lead to a shorter protein

c. does not change the resulting protein

d. changes the way codons are read by the ribosomes

e. changes the way codons are read by the ribosomes and can leadto a longer or shorter protein

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The correct option is E Frameshift mutations induce insertion or deletion of nucleotides in the DNA This causes a shift in the reading frame of the string of triplet codons on the mRNA Deletion or addition of    See Answer
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