Mutations are permanent changes in the nucleotide sequence in DNA. A point mutation is the loss or gain of a single nucleotide. If a nucleotide was lost from the DNA sequence, how would this affect subsequent transcription and translation of that gene?

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Mutations are permanent changes in the nucleotide sequence in DNA. A point mutation is the loss or gain of a single nucleotide. If a nucleotide was lost from the DNA sequence, how would this affect subsequent transcription and translation of that gene? 

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