Discuss Which Type of DNA Mutation in the Coding Region

question 60

Essay

Discuss which type of DNA mutation in the coding region of an essential human gene (for example, insulin) would be the most harmful to a phenotype. Consider missense, nonsense, frameshifts, and transposons.

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