What is the effect of a frameshift mutation?

What is the effect of a frameshift mutation?
  1. It changes one or multiple amino acids
  2. It results in the change of amino acid residue
  3. It alters the reading frame from the point of mutation
  4. It has no effect on the gene or its function

Solution

Frameshift mutations, which result from the insertion or deletion of one or two bases, alter the reading frame from the point of mutation.

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