A Point Mutation That Causes an Amino Acid Replacement Is

question 82

Multiple Choice

A point mutation that causes an amino acid replacement is called a:

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

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