The following is an example of..? ACGUCAGUA -> Threonine—Serine—Valine ACGUUAGUA -> Threonine—Leucine—Valine

a
jumping gene mutation
b
base substitution mutation
c
base deletion mutation
d
base insertion mutation

1 Answer
Feb 7, 2018

b. Base substitution mutation.

Explanation:

ACGUcolor(blue)CAGUA goes to ACGUcolor(blue)UAGUA because the color(blue)C is substituted by a color(blue)U.

Deletion/insertion would be removing/adding a base.

All the other bases are the same.