Point Mutations Can Impair a Protein If They Result in A

question 80

Multiple Choice

Point mutations can impair a protein if they result in a:

• A)synonymous codon.
• B)nonsense codon.
• C)nonsynonymous codon.
• D)shift in reading frame.

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