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The original strand of DNA looks like this: ACGTCTCGA, the mutated strand looks like this: ACGTCTACGA. What type of mutation is this? *1 pointTranslationNucleotide base deletionNucleotide base insertionNucleotide base substitution

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The original strand of DNA looks like this: ACGTCTCGA, the mutated strand looks like this: ACGTCTACGA. What type of mutation is this? *1 pointTranslationNucleotide base deletionNucleotide base insertionNucleotide base substitution

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The mutation in this case is a Nucleotide base insertion. This is because an extra base, 'A', has been added to the original DNA strand, making it longer.

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