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While working with cultured mouse cells, a researcher unknowingly treated the cells with a mutagen that causes the deletion or insertion of individual nucleotides in DNA. Subsequently, she isolated and cultured a single cell from this group. She noticed that the progeny of this cell were not producing a certain protein and that this affected their survival.The mutation that resulted from her accident was probably ______. A) an amino acid substitution B) one that changed the triplet grouping of the genetic message C) an error in translation D) a loss in regulation of gene expression
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