An alteration in the nucleotide sequence of a gene can alter the gene product. each sentence below is made up of three-letter words, representing mrna codons. the fat cat sat the fox was red she has the dog the same sentences are written below with a substitution, deletion, or insertion, much as a gene may have a substitution, deletion, or insertion mutation. identify which sentence represents a substitution, which represents a deletion, and which represents an insertion.

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Lauren Spencer

15 December, 07:11

An alteration in the nucleotide sequence of a gene can alter the gene product. each sentence below is made up of three-letter words, representing mrna codons. the fat cat sat the fox was red she has the dog the same sentences are written below with a substitution, deletion, or insertion, much as a gene may have a substitution, deletion, or insertion mutation. identify which sentence represents a substitution, which represents a deletion, and which represents an insertion.

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Ernesto Skinner · Answer 1

To answer the question the sentences are needed but substitution is when one nucleotide is replaced with another, deletion is when a nucleotide is removed and insertion is where a nucleotide is changed from one to the other