Many different types of mutations can occur within the body. An individual experiences a mutation that changes a base in a tRNA strand, but during translation the tRNA strand still creates the same protein. Which type of mutation is responsible for the change in the tRNA base?

A. silent

B. missense

C. nonsense

D. insertion

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Biology

Urijah Johns

17 May, 17:59

Many different types of mutations can occur within the body. An individual experiences a mutation that changes a base in a tRNA strand, but during translation the tRNA strand still creates the same protein. Which type of mutation is responsible for the change in the tRNA base?

A. silent

B. missense

C. nonsense

D. insertion

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Moshe Barrett · Answer 1

I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option A. The type of mutation that is responsible for the change in the tRNA base would be silent. They are mutations in DNA that do not significantly alter the phenotype of the organism in which they occur.

Devin Blanchard · Answer 2

Since it creates the same protein, it therefore is a silent mutation.