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A mutation that results in a codon that codes for the same amino acid.Group of answer choicessilent mutationnucleotide substitutionpoint mutationnonsense mutationdeletioninsertionmissense mutationframeshift mutationNext

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A mutation that results in a codon that codes for the same amino acid.Group of answer choicessilent mutationnucleotide substitutionpoint mutationnonsense mutationdeletioninsertionmissense mutationframeshift mutationNext

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The correct answer is silent mutation. This type of mutation results in a codon that codes for the same amino acid.

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