4. A woman with skin cancer gets a biopsy of one of her tumors taken, and a sample of her blood. DNA is prepared from both samples and the sequence of the coding region of the p53 gene is compared. The following difference is found: Blood: 5'-ATGCAAGTTCTA Tumor: 5'-ATGCAAGTCTA This is an example of: А. Silent substitution Missense substitution Nonsense substitution В. С. D. Frameshift E. None of the above

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4. A woman with skin cancer gets a biopsy of one of her tumors
taken, and a sample of her blood. DNA is prepared from both
samples and the sequence of the coding region of the p53 gene is
compared. The following difference is found:
Blood: 5'-ATGCAAGTTCTA
Tumor:
5'-ATGCAAGTCTA
This is an example of:
А.
Silent substitution
Missense substitution
Nonsense substitution
В.
С.
D.
Frameshift
E. None of the above
Transcribed Image Text:4. A woman with skin cancer gets a biopsy of one of her tumors taken, and a sample of her blood. DNA is prepared from both samples and the sequence of the coding region of the p53 gene is compared. The following difference is found: Blood: 5'-ATGCAAGTTCTA Tumor: 5'-ATGCAAGTCTA This is an example of: А. Silent substitution Missense substitution Nonsense substitution В. С. D. Frameshift E. None of the above
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