Silent mutations are usually point mutation where you change one nucleotide. Since, the nucleotide changed is the third position, it does not affect the protein being manufactured (it will still put the amino acid Ala) [look up the codon redundancy on youtub.e to understand how awesome nature is!]

On the other hand, the other mutation introduced is Missense mutation where a different Amino acid is added due to change in codon (goes from ILE to ASN).

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3 years ago

If a disease-destroying corn plant in a field is swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the corn-eating bird populatio

Nataly_w [17]

It would decrease as their prime food source would be taken away. This would result in a decline in population as the birds wouldn’t have sufficient food.

Hope that helps. :)

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2 years ago

This gene sequence undergoes transcription (i.e., is copied) into ____________ by rna polymerase and other proteins. this occurs

ANEK [815]

The answer is mRNA (messenger-RNA). In most eukaryotes, transcription occurs by firstly creating a primary transcript. This primary transcript is processed into a pre-mRNA that later becomes a mRNA by removing introns. Processing of the RNA also includes polyadenylation and 5’ capping.

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3 years ago