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#Question id: 4250


Which of the following types of mutation, resulting in an error in the mRNA just after the AUG start of translation, is likely to have the most serious effect on the polypeptide product?

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
  1. a deletion of a codon

  2. a deletion of two nucleotides

  3. a substitution of the third nucleotide in an ACC codon

  4. a substitution of the first nucleotide of a GGG codon