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DNA contains genes that carry instructions for the manufacture of a protein. If a mutation occurs in a gene that results in a change to the sequence of DNA bases, then the structure of the protein ...

However, changes in the genome do occur. These are known as mutations. Mutations can have two results: no protein is expressed an altered protein is expressed Some mutations can affect a few bases ...