5’-CCTAGACCATAACAT-3’ What happens to the amino acid sequence above as a result of each of the following mutations in the DNA: Substitution of A with T at position 4?  Addition of T between positions 8 and 9?  Substitution of A with T at position 11? Deletion of A at position 12?   Substitution of C with T at position 7? State the type of mutation for each of the base changes indicated.

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5’-CCTAGACCATAACAT-3’

  1. What happens to the amino acid sequence above as a result of each of the following mutations in the DNA:

Substitution of A with T at position 4? 

Addition of T between positions 8 and 9? 

Substitution of A with T at position 11?

Deletion of A at position 12?  

Substitution of C with T at position 7?

State the type of mutation for each of the base changes indicated. 

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