Imagine that a DNA sequence of 5'-A-C-G-T-A-C-G-T-3' is altered to 5'-A-C-G-C-A-C-G-T-3'. This could happen as a result of a(n)

A) inversion.
B) deletion mutation.
C) insertion mutation.
D) translocation.
E) nucleotide substitution mutation.


E

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