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A nonsense mutation is one that:Select one:a. Changes an amino acid from one to anotherb. Adds an additional codon to an RNA transcriptc. Deletes segment of RNAd. Creates a premature stop codon

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A nonsense mutation is one that:Select one:a. Changes an amino acid from one to anotherb. Adds an additional codon to an RNA transcriptc. Deletes segment of RNAd. Creates a premature stop codon

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A nonsense mutation is one that:

d. Creates a premature stop codon

This type of mutation results in a shortened protein product because the stop codon signals the end of protein synthesis.

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