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what is a mutation?

changes to the DNA

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what is a frameshift mutation

bases are added or deleted and a change in the reading frame occurs

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what is a point mutation

only changes in a single nucleotide (insertion, deletion and substitution)

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deletion

delete a nucleotide

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insertion

add a nucleotide

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substitution

swap our a nucleotide