(from the article `heredity`) Another type of point mutation that can lead to drastic loss of function is a frameshift mutation, the addition or deletion of one or more DNA bases. ...
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A change in the structure of DNA such that the transcription of genetic information into RNA is completely altered because the start point for reading has been altered i.e. the reading frame has been altered.
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Such a mutation is a change in the structure of DNA causing the transcription of genetic information into RNA to be completely altered because the start point for reading has been changed. In other words, the reading frame for transcription has been altered.
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Insertion or deletion of a number of bases not divisible by three in an open reading frame in a DNA sequence. Such mutations usually result in the generation, downstream, of nonsense, chain-termination codons.
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