Use the Mutations interactive to determine which statements describe silent mutations. The adenine of the start codon is position + 1.

1) a single nucleotide deletion at position + 12 in the antisense strand

2) a C nucleotide insertion at position + 2 in the sense strand

3) a substitution from G to T in the arginine codon of the antisense strand

4) a substitution of a G nucleotide at position + 9 in the antisense strand

5) a transition at position + 6 in the sense strand

6) a transversion of A in the histidine codon of the antisense strand

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Biology

Maurice Stevenson

7 May, 09:49

Use the Mutations interactive to determine which statements describe silent mutations. The adenine of the start codon is position + 1.

1) a single nucleotide deletion at position + 12 in the antisense strand

2) a C nucleotide insertion at position + 2 in the sense strand

3) a substitution from G to T in the arginine codon of the antisense strand

4) a substitution of a G nucleotide at position + 9 in the antisense strand

5) a transition at position + 6 in the sense strand

6) a transversion of A in the histidine codon of the antisense strand

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Maggie · Answer 1

Answer:3 and 4

Explanation:

a substitution from G to T in the arginine codon of the antisense strand

a substitution of a G nucleotide at position + 9 in the antisense strand

Silent mutation occurs when a slight change happens to a single DNA nucleotide within a protein although not completely altering the amino acid sequence of the protein encoded