If the wild type dna sequence reads the cat ate the big rat, what type of mutation would change the sequence to the cat ata eth ebi gra t? missense nonsense insertion deletion silent

The answer is insertion. In addition, an insertion in genetics which is also called an insertion mutation is the addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a deoxyribonucleic acid arrangement. This can frequently occur in Microsatellite areas in arrears to the deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase slippage.