In a "frameshift" mutation
A) the codon that mutates causes no change in the amino acid specified.
B) the codon that mutates causes a stop codon to occur instead of the placement of an amino acid.
C) the mutation does not occur in a codon.
D) the mutation is caused by an addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides.
E) the mutation is not in DNA.

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Frameshift mutations change the reading frame of the codons and thus the sense of all codons after the frameshift.

In a "Frameshift" Mutation