Two Species of Pine Trees Differ by a Nucleotide Substitution

question 202

Short Answer

Two species of pine trees differ by a nucleotide substitution in the coding region of a gene, but the proteins produced by this gene are the same in both species.This substitution is thus a _______ substitution.

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