15. Explain how it would be possible to have a change in a single base of DNA, but have the protein NOT change and be functional

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15. Explain how it would be possible to have a change in a single base of DNA, but have the protein NOT change and be functional

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Marizza181 [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-11-10T02:52:42+03:00

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Nonsense mutation. A nonsense mutation is also a change in one DNA base pair. Instead of substituting one amino acid for another, however, the altered DNA sequence prematurely signals the cell to stop building a protein. This type of mutation results in a shortened protein that may function improperly or not at all.Sep 21, 2020

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