A Point Mutation That Causes No Change in the Amino

question 113

Multiple Choice

A point mutation that causes no change in the amino acid sequence of a protein is called a:

• A)synonymous (silent)mutation.
• B)nonsynonymous (missense)mutation.
• C)nonsense mutation.
• D)stop mutation.
• E)transition mutation.

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