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.
A point mutation, or single base modification, is a type of mutation that causes a single nucleotide base change, insertion, or deletion of the genetic material, DNA or RNA.The term frameshift mutation indicates the addition or deletion of a base pair. single point mutation can change the whole DNA sequence. Changing one purine or pyrimidine may change the amino acid that the nucleotides code for. Point mutations may arise from spontaneous mutations that occur during DNA replication. The rate of mutation may be increased by mutagens.