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Explain what happens in frameshift mutation. Name one disease caused by the disorder.

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The mutation in which addition/ insertion or deletion of one or two bases changes the reading frame from the site of mutation is called frameshift mutation. It may result in polypeptide with different sequences of amino acid. A disease caused by frameshift mutation is muscular dystrophy.

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