What is the predicted effect of a deletion mutation in the first codon of the exon of a gene on the translation of the transcript produced from the mutated gene?
A. Accelerated translation due to the removal of a start codon. B. Inhibited translation as the deletion disrupts the reading frame. C. No effect on translation since the mutation is in the non-coding region. D. Increased translation efficiency as the deletion enhances ribosome binding.
