A Single Nucleotide Variant That Produces a Misplaced Termination Codon

question 4

Multiple Choice

A single nucleotide variant that produces a misplaced termination codon in a polypeptide chain results in:

• A) a frameshift mutation.
• B) premature polypeptide chain termination.
• C) chromosomal translocation.
• D) a trinucleotide repeat.

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