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point mutation vs. frameshift

point mutation

noun
  1. a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.

frameshift

[ freym-shift ]
noun
  1. the addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides in a strand of DNA, which shifts the codon triplets of the genetic code of messenger RNA and causes a misreading during translation, resulting in an aberrant protein and therefore a mutation.