If this change resulted in the codon for a stop codon, this mutation would be considered a

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Kendall Randolph

8 January, 03:59

If this change resulted in the codon for a stop codon, this mutation would be considered a

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Giancarlo Farrell · Answer 1

nonsense mutation.

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nonsense mutation. A nonsense mutation is a genetic mutation in a DNA sequence that results in a shorter, unfinished protein product ... Stop codons are also called nonsense codons because they do not code for an amino acid and instead signal the end of protein synthesis.