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.