The mutation that causes the lighter skin color of all people of European descent was the result of a ____ in the gene
for a melanin transport protein.
a. base-pair substitution
b. insertion
c. deletion
d. whole chromosome duplication
e. multiple gene mutations involving several mechanisms
ANSWER: a
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