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Assume That a Base-Pair Substitution Mutation Converts a DNA Triplet

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Assume that a base-pair substitution mutation converts a DNA triplet (AAT) to another DNA triplet (AAA) . A second mutation now changes the AAA triplet to the GAA triplet. (UUA and CUU code for leucine and UUU codes for phenylalanine.) This second mutation is an example of a(n) :


A) transversion.
B) intragenic suppressor.
C) loss-of-function mutation.
D) intergenic suppressor.
E) frameshift.

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