Question

henry has a mutation in the gene that codes for a certain blood protein. however, these proteins function normally. what best explains how this is possible?

Answer 1

A silent mutations occur when the change of a single DNA nucleotide within a protein-coding portion of a gene does not affect the sequence of amino acids that make up the gene's protein.

For example For example, AAA (codes for the amino acid lysine, Lys) being mutated to AAG (which also codes for Lys).