The effect of an insertion or deletion of a small number of nucleotides depends on (select all that apply):
A. whether it occurs in a coding region or non
-coding region of the DNA.
B. its size.
C. whether it occurs in a germ-line cell or
somatic cell.
D. whether it involves purine or pyrimidine
bases.
E. where it occurs on a chromosome.
A,B
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