Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.L1, Problem 1CSR
What type of mutation caused Nicholas’s disease?
a. frameshift
b. missense
c. nonsense
d. insertion
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