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A mutation that results in a codon that codes for the same amino acid.Group of answer choicesmissense mutationsilent mutationframeshift mutationnonsense mutationnucleotide substitutioninsertionpoint mutationdeletionNext

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A mutation that results in a codon that codes for the same amino acid.Group of answer choicesmissense mutationsilent mutationframeshift mutationnonsense mutationnucleotide substitutioninsertionpoint mutationdeletionNext

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The type of mutation that results in a codon that codes for the same amino acid is called a silent mutation. This is because the change in the DNA sequence does not result in a change in the amino acid sequence of the protein, and therefore has no effect on the phenotype of the organism.

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