THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN
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Type of point mutation that has no change on the protein being made.
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Nonsense Mutation
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Missense
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Silent Mutation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A nucleotide change in the DNA that does not result in an amino acid change in the protein is called a “synonomous” or “silent” mutation (see Figure 3.3).
Detailed explanation-2: -Silent mutations are a type of point mutation, also called substitution mutations. Point or substitution mutations are any change to a single nucleotide in a DNA sequence, e.g. GATA
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