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Insertion or deletion of one or two bases causes which kind of mutation?
ASilent mutation
BNonsense mutation
CMissense mutation
DFrameshift mutation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Frameshift mutation
Adding or removing one or two bases shifts the triplet reading frame from that point onwards.
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