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I have a trouble getting the answer to this question.

 

There are two parts to it. I answered the first one but I can't get the second part.

 

If the 3rd DNA base in your gene for insulin was mistakenly duplicated -- meaning another copy of that letter were placed between the current 3rd and 4th base --what type of mutation would that be?

 

Ok. That was the first part. I put "frameshift mutation" because it changes the codon of the DNA. How it is going to be readed changes because of the copy placed.

 

Using the first question, here is a question that I DID NOT get: :-(

 

If the event above actually occurred, what would be the first three amino acids in the protein?

 

I have no clue how to do this. The insulin that I made was like this:

 

I don't have a codon of DNA. But I have RNA codon.

 

It was, at least first 9 letters were: GGGAUAGUG

When this is read to code for the protein, it became: CCCTATCAC

 

But how does this help me answering my question?? :-(

 

Please give good help, thank you!!!

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