Question

A missense mutation _____ the dna sequence and _____ the resulting amino acid sequence.

Answer 1

changes, modifies

Example:

we'll use ATG

go through transcription

we have UAC now

now we have a missense mutation

we'll do GAC

see how we changed the U to a G?

This change also changed the amino acid

before, for UAC we had Tyrosine

Now, for GAC we have Asp acid

IF we had no change in the amino acid, it would be a silent mutation, but since we did it is a missense mutation.

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