A Polypeptide in a Wild Type Microbe Contains the Sequence

question 67

Multiple Choice

A polypeptide in a wild type microbe contains the sequence Leu-Pro-Tyr-Ser-Pro. A phenotypic variant of the species has the peptide sequence Leu-Pro-Cys-Ser-Pro. This is an example of a(n) ________ mutation.

• A) nonsense
• B) missense
• C) silent
• D) frameshift
• E) inversion

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Definitions:

Continuous Uniform Probability Distribution

A type of probability distribution where all outcomes in a continuous range are equally likely.

Rectangular

Pertaining to a shape or object whose surface has four right angles and the opposite sides are parallel and equal in length.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; quantifies the degree to which values differ from the average value.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of data around a mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.