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(A) Wild-type sequence, (B) a single base insertion (shown in red) causes a frameshift so all subsequent amino acids are different from the wild-type, (C) insertion of three base pairs (shown in red) causes two incorrect amino acids to be incorporated into the protein but there is no frameshift so the rest of the protein has the wild-type sequence.
