The Researcher Isolated a Different Single Cell and Determined That

question 4

Multiple Choice

The researcher isolated a different single cell and determined that it was producing a certain protein. However, the protein was much shorter than it should have been. What kind of mutation likely occurred in this protein?

• A)one that introduced a silent mutation
• B)one that substituted amino acids
• C)one that introduced a premature stop codon
• D)one that deleted an entire amino acid

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