Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 11

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles and, in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer. Using the DNA sequence in question 6, illustrate and explain the following mutations:
A) a deletion
B) an insertion
C) a substitution
D) a nonsense mutation
E) a frameshift mutation