Biology GCSE
Mutations and reading frames
What Mutations and reading frames means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Mutations and reading frames
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A substitution can change one amino acid, while insertion or deletion can shift the reading frame and change many amino acids.
Topics that use Mutations and reading frames
- DNA structure (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acid sequence
- Base sequence
- Carrier molecules
- codon
- Complementary base pairing
- degenerate
- double helix
- Enzyme action
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