Which of the following would produce a nonsense mutation?

A. The replacement of a single base, producing the same amino acid B. The deletion of a single base C. The insertion of a single base D. The replacement of a single base, producing a stop codon

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Angela Woodard

17 December, 01:48

Which of the following would produce a nonsense mutation?

A. The replacement of a single base, producing the same amino acid B. The deletion of a single base C. The insertion of a single base D. The replacement of a single base, producing a stop codon

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Marley Briggs · Answer 1

D because stop codon would change the entire protein causing almost everything as a whole to be different. All in all everything becomes nonsense compared to the original base sequence

Which of the following would produce a nonsense mutation?A. The replacement of a single base, producing the same amino acid B. The deletion of a single base C. The insertion of a single base D. The replacement of a single base, producing a stop codon

Which of the following would produce a nonsense mutation?

A. The replacement of a single base, producing the same amino acid B. The deletion of a single base C. The insertion of a single base D. The replacement of a single base, producing a stop codon