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Alla [95]
3 years ago
11

What is the difference between a missense mutation and a silent mutation?

Biology
1 answer:
BartSMP [9]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Answer is in explanation

Explanation:

A silent mutation is a mutation in which a single nucleotide base is changed, but that change does not effect the amino acid sequence. A missense mutation is a point mutation in which a single nucleotide is changed, resulting in a codon that codes for a different amino acid.

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