Which of the following are frameshift mutations?

A. substiution and insertion

B. insertion and deletion

C. deletion and substitution

Question

Which of the following are frameshift mutations?


A. substiution and insertion

B. insertion and deletion

C. deletion and substitution

carniel · Answer

This should be a bit of help for you. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100326172110AA9f1WY

blues · Answer

Carniel is right. Mutations come in two flavours: point mutations, where one base is substituted for another, and insertion/deletions - also called "indels" - where one or more bases are inserted or deleted. Point mutations and indels where multiples of 3 are inserted or deleted do not change the reading frame, but indels of multiples of 1 or 2 bases do.