1 A solid. 2  There is one unusual exception. 3  Native mercury is a mineral and is the only metal that is a liquid at normal temperatures. 4  Has a regular crystal structure. A solid. 2  There is one unusual exception. 3  Native mercury is a mineral and is the only metal that is a liquid at normal temperatures. 4  Has a regular crystal structure.
A frameshift mutation (also called a framing error or a reading frame shift) is a genetic mutation caused by indels (insertions or deletions) of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three.
Point mutation and frameshift mutation are two types of gene mutations, which can occur due to errors in DNA replication and mutagens. Gene mutations are small scale mutations, which occur within the nucleotide sequence of a gene.