MRNA: AUG AAU UUA GCG ACA polypeptides: Met or start, Aan, Leu, Ala, Thr 1. The type of mutation that occurred in this strand of DNA is deletion. This may have happened because a small part of the DNA sequence was lost when broken ends were rejoined when the DNA was being repaired. 2. It is not likely that these mutated genes could produce a working protein because the polypeptides were completely changed, which would cause the protein to not work properly. 3. When a seed first absorbs water, it begins to grow. The mutation could cause the plant to be unable to absorb water. Therefore, the plant would be unable to germinate.
There are two oxygen atoms. The OH is in parentheses with the 2 after it to indicate that there are two OH molecules, each containing on atom of oxygen.
