Question

Gene Mutations
Compare and contrast Base-Pair Substitutions and Base-Pair Insertions and Deletions.

Answer 1

Just as the name implies, substitution, you are substituting a single nucleotide base (can be in DNA or RNA).
And base-pair insertion (keyword: INSERTION) inserts (or adds) 1+ base pairs.

Answer 2

deletion is pretty intuitive.

Answer 3

So insertion and deletion happens when nucleotides are added or removed from a DNA sequence and substitution is when a pair are replaced with a different pair of nucleotides?

Answer 4

huh, thank you very much.

Answer 5

Yes.