A One Nucleotide Slip in the Splice Point on the Side

Multiple Choice

A one nucleotide slip in the splice point on the side of the splice junction in the first intron of the beta-globin gene would result in

A) changing the reading frame of the mRNA from this point onward.
B) deletion of the rest of the beta-globin gene.
C) no change in the protein as all coding information is 5' to this junction.
D) a transition mutation.
E) a transversion mutation.