A mutation that has no effect on the amino acid sequence.Group of answer choicesdeletionpoint mutationframeshift mutationnucleotide substitutionmissense mutationsilent mutationinsertionnonsense mutationNext
Question
A mutation that has no effect on the amino acid sequence.Group of answer choicesdeletionpoint mutationframeshift mutationnucleotide substitutionmissense mutationsilent mutationinsertionnonsense mutationNext
Solution
The correct answer is silent mutation. A silent mutation is a change in the DNA sequence that does not change the amino acid sequence of the protein produced. This is because multiple codons (sequences of three nucleotides) can code for the same amino acid. Therefore, a change in one of these nucleotides may not necessarily change the amino acid.
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