Silent or missense mutations are small-scale mutations that occur when

Biology

1 answer:

Andrei [34K]2 years ago

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Answer:

c. a single nucleotide is substituted with no effect

on the amino acid sequence.

Explanation:

silent mutations occur when the change of the dna

sequence within protein - coding portion of a gene

does not affect the sequence of amino acids that

make up the protein. this change typically takes

place at the third position of the codon also known

as the wobble position.

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