NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Silent mutations are least likely to affect protein function. Missense mutations are often difficult to predict. If the change is to a similar amino acid or in a non-critical amino acid, the mutation protein may continue to function.

Detailed explanation-2: -Silent mutation: Some mutations that change DNA bases do not have any effect on the sequence of amino acids in the protein. These mutations are called silent mutations and they do not affect the structure or function of the protein because there is no effect on the amino acid sequence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Missense mutations occur when a single nucleotide base in a DNA sequence is swapped for another one, resulting in a different codon and, therefore, a different amino acid. These mutations are quite common and, in most cases, they don’t affect the overall shape and function of the protein.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mutations are changes in a DNA sequence, and they can occur due to radiation or other types of DNA damage. If mutations occur in the part of a gene that encodes a protein (the coding region of a gene), they can change the amino acid sequence of that protein.