A mutation that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid.Group of answer choicesnonsense mutationframeshift mutationdeletionsilent mutationreading frameinsertionmissense mutationpoint mutationNext
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A mutation that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid.Group of answer choicesnonsense mutationframeshift mutationdeletionsilent mutationreading frameinsertionmissense mutationpoint mutationNext
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The type of mutation that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid is called a missense mutation.
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