Chromosomes contain genes, and genes determine an organism's characteristics. Sometimes mutations occur in which the sequence of nucleotides within a gene becomes altered. Which of the following describes how a gene mutation would most likely affect an organism? A.
It would cause different proteins to be produced during translation.
B.
It would cause the sugar-phosphate backbone of all of the organism's DNA to be modified.
C.
It would cause the codons produced to be more or less than 3 nucletoides in length.
D.
It would cause the wrong type of nucleic acid to be incorporated into the organism's genes.