Question 9 of the Survey of the Natural Sciences Practice Test for the DAT

Question 9 Survey of the Natural Sciences Practice Test for the DAT

Which of the following best describes frameshift mutations?

A nucleic acid is inserted into the genetic code.
A change in the genetic code results in a stop codon.
None of these answers are correct.
A nucleic acid is replaced by another.
A nucleic acid replaces another, but the resulting amino acid is unchanged.

Hint

Be alert for words like better, best, more, most/mostly, main/mainly, major/majority, higher/highest, greater/greatest, biggest, largest, strongest, significant, preferred, ideal/ideally, closest, special, especially critical, crucial, predominantly, definitely, absolutely, largely, key, and primary/primarily, specific/specifically in questions. They indicate that there might be other answers that could work, but the correct answer is the one that is the best of the choices given.

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Question 9 - Survey of the Natural Sciences Practice Test for the DAT

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