A mutation that has no effect on the amino acid sequence.Group of answer choicespoint mutationnucleotide substitutiondeletionframeshift mutationsilent mutationmissense mutationinsertionnonsense mutationNext Not saved
Question
A mutation that has no effect on the amino acid sequence.Group of answer choicespoint mutationnucleotide substitutiondeletionframeshift mutationsilent mutationmissense mutationinsertionnonsense mutationNext Not saved
Solution
The correct answer is "silent mutation". A silent mutation is a change in the DNA sequence that does not change the amino acid sequence of the protein produced. This is because multiple codons (sequences of three nucleotides) can code for the same amino acid. So, a change in one of the nucleotides might still result in the same amino acid being incorporated into the protein, hence having no effect on the protein's function.
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