Question

many different types of mutations can occur within the body. tay - sachs disease is a deadly disorder that is caused by a missing codon in the gene coding for production of the hex a enzyme in the body. which type of mutation is responsible for causing tay - sachs disease? substitution replacement insertion deletion

Explanation:

Tay - Sachs is caused by a missing codon. A deletion mutation involves the loss of one or more nucleotides, which can result in a missing codon. Substitution and replacement change existing nucleotides rather than remove them, and insertion adds nucleotides.

Answer:

D. deletion