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-	Frameshift mutation: an indel mutation in which the net number of base pairs removed is not a multiple of three. This disrupts the open reading frame and drastically alters the amino acid sequence past the site of the indel; this usually results in a premature stop codon.	+	Frameshift mutation: an indel mutation in which the net number of base pairs added or removed is not a multiple of three. This disrupts the open reading frame and drastically alters the amino acid sequence past the site of the indel; this usually results in a premature stop codon.