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the mutation can be a deletion one or even code for a stop, alternatly if can change the stop code and make a longer protein

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This could happen by the process of deletion, in which part of the DNA is deleted so that the whole DNA sequence is altered (also called mutation).

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a mutation that results in the reading of a stop codon early in the DNA sequence will result in a short protein

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