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Area 1: DNA and the Genome

Quick questions on Mutations: point, frame-shift and chromosome mutations - SQA Higher Biology

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Name the three types of single gene mutation. [1 mark]
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Explain why an insertion usually has a greater effect on a protein than a substitution. [2 marks]

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