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Insertion (DNA Mutation) — Definition & Examples

By Gabi Slizewska

Huntington's disease is a serious genetic disorder in which nerve cells in the brain are progressively broken down. The disease is caused when extra nucleotides are added to the end of a specific protein. What kind of mutation is this?

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