Which of the following mutations is most likely to cause a single amino acid difference during the translation of mRNA into protein?   A. Single base-pair insertion   B. Single base-pair deletion   C. Mutations in regulatory sites   D. Base-pair substitution

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Which of the following mutations is most likely to cause a single amino acid difference during the translation of mRNA into protein?
 
A. Single base-pair insertion
 
B. Single base-pair deletion
 
C. Mutations in regulatory sites
 
D. Base-pair substitution
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