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8 October, 09:57

How could a mutated gene produce a shorter protein than that produced by a normal gene?

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  1. 8 October, 11:41
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    In protein synthesis there are specific codons telling when to stop adding amino acids to the protein. If the mutated gene causes a stop codon to appear before its supposed, it would stop before it was intended to.
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