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Friedrich Miescher discovered nucleic acids in blood cells.
Nuclein was discovered by Friedrich Miescher in 1869
Explanation
In the somewhat early 1880s Albert Kossel further purified the substance and discovered its highly acidic properties. Then he later discovered the nucleobases. In 1889 Richard Altman creates the term nucleic acid. Friedrich Miescher was the first scientist to ever isolate nucleic acid.
Answer:
B) a nonsense mutation; this is because a nonsense mutation results in the change of a regular amino acid codon into a stop codon, which ceases translation. This fits with the problem's description of the protein that causes the symptoms as too short, as translation is the process by which proteins/polypeptides are created. A missense mutation would not be the answer because it still codes for an amino acid, which would not shorten the protein. A duplication of the gene would probably just lengthen the protein or not affect its length at all.
Enzymes create chemical reactions in the body. They actually speed up the rate of a chemical reaction to help support life. The enzymes in your body help to perform very important tasks