Based on the gene and protein sequences that follow, what type of mutation has occurred and what is the effect on the polypeptide?

Normal gene: ATGGCCGGCCCGAAAGAGACC
Mutated gene: ATGGCCGGCACCGAAAGAGACC
Normal protein: Met-Ala-Gly-Pro-Lys-Glu-Thr
Mutated protein: Met-Ala-Gly-Thr-Glu-Arg-Asp

A. base addition - silent
B. substitution - missense
C. base addition - missense
D. substitution - nonsense
E. base addition-frameshift


E. base addition-frameshift

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