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What is the effect of a nucleotide-pair substitution on the protein synthesized?
What is the effect of a nucleotide-pair substitution on the protein synthesized?
- It only leads to a silent mutation.
- It always results in a stop codon.
- It can result in a missense mutation. (correct)
- It never affects the resulting protein.
What is the consequence of an insertion or deletion of nucleotide pairs in a gene?
What is the consequence of an insertion or deletion of nucleotide pairs in a gene?
- It only leads to a missense mutation.
- It usually has a disastrous effect on the resulting protein. (correct)
- It always leads to a silent mutation.
- It never affects the reading frame.
What type of mutation occurs when a nucleotide pair is substituted with another pair?
What type of mutation occurs when a nucleotide pair is substituted with another pair?
- Point mutation (correct)
- Insertion
- Frameshift mutation
- Deletion
What happens when a nucleotide pair is substituted with another pair in a DNA template strand?
What happens when a nucleotide pair is substituted with another pair in a DNA template strand?
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What is the effect of a nucleotide-pair substitution on the mRNA sequence?
What is the effect of a nucleotide-pair substitution on the mRNA sequence?
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What type of mutation is caused by the insertion or deletion of nucleotide pairs?
What type of mutation is caused by the insertion or deletion of nucleotide pairs?
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What is the consequence of a frameshift mutation?
What is the consequence of a frameshift mutation?
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What is the result of a point mutation in a DNA template strand?
What is the result of a point mutation in a DNA template strand?
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What type of mutation is caused by a nucleotide-pair substitution?
What type of mutation is caused by a nucleotide-pair substitution?
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What is the effect of a silent mutation on the resulting protein?
What is the effect of a silent mutation on the resulting protein?
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