Substitution of Leucine with Valine in an Amino Acid Sequence

question 9

Multiple Choice

Substitution of leucine with valine in an amino acid sequence is what type of mutation?

• A) Conservative
• B) Non-conservative
• C) Silent
• D) Nonsense

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Definitions:

Total Sum of Squares

A statistical measure representing the total variation or spread of a dataset from its mean, used in various statistical models to assess the explanatory power of predictors.

Coefficient of Determination

A statistical measure that represents the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by one or more independent variables in a regression model.

SST

An abbreviation that can refer to several concepts depending on context, such as Sum of Squares Total in statistics, which measures the total variation in a dataset.

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors, a measure of the discrepancy between data points and a model's predictions, used in regression analysis.