Gene Mutations • Substitution which means the
base is matched
• Insertion which means an
base(s) are added in.
• Deletion which means a base is
and
have the potential to be
very dangerous.
o If add or remove a base, suddenly the number of bases total has changed. And
if you read the bases in threes, depending on where it happened, everything read
afterwards could be affected. This is called a frameshift mutation.