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Definition:Since protein-coding DNA is divided into codons three bases long, insertions and deletions can alter a gene so that its message is no longer correctly parsed. These changes are called frame shifts.
Example: Cystic Fibrosis-Mutations in the CFTR gene
cause cystic fibrosis.
Frame shift