A) explain the difference between silent, missense and frameshift mutations,

b. rank them in the order of the most likely to be deleterious to the least likely to have an effect.

c. provide your reasoning for the ranking.

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Heath Golden

29 January, 07:36

A) explain the difference between silent, missense and frameshift mutations,

b. rank them in the order of the most likely to be deleterious to the least likely to have an effect.

c. provide your reasoning for the ranking.

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Kallie Estrada · Answer 1

Silent mutations: which code for the same amino acid.

Missense mutations: which code for a different amino acid.

Nonsense mutations: which code for a stop and can truncate the protein.

A) explain the difference between silent, missense and frameshift mutations,b. rank them in the order of the most likely to be deleterious to the least likely to have an effect.c. provide your reasoning for the ranking.

A) explain the difference between silent, missense and frameshift mutations,

b. rank them in the order of the most likely to be deleterious to the least likely to have an effect.

c. provide your reasoning for the ranking.