<span>Missense mutation
</span>Mutation can be defined as the permanent alteration
in the nucleotide sequence of the genome of a virus, organisms or other genetic
materials. However, a change in single nucleotide that result to a codon that
code for different amino acid can be refers to as Missense mutation.
Most of the cells in the human body are diploid.
Diploid is <span>a cell or organism that has paired chromosomes, one from each parent. In humans majority of the cells are </span>diploid<span> and have 23 pairs of chromosomes. The exception are the human sex cells (egg and sperm cells). These contain a single set of chromosomes and are known as haploid.</span>