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Biochemistry General 8e26378f

One of the following mutation is potentially lethal

A
Substitution of adenine for cytosine
B
Substitution of methylcytosine for cytosine
C
Substitution of guanine for cytosine
D
Insertion of one base
High-Yield Explanation
Insertion of one base causes frame shift mutation. This result in production of garbled protein (protein with completely different AA sequence). So, this can be lethal.

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