A mutation that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid.Group of answer choicespoint mutationdeletionframeshift mutationmissense mutationreading framesilent mutationinsertionnonsense mutation
Question
A mutation that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid.Group of answer choicespoint mutationdeletionframeshift mutationmissense mutationreading framesilent mutationinsertionnonsense mutation
Solution
The type of mutation that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid is a missense mutation.
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