36. Answer and explain Non-sense mutation is usually non-destructive due to the degeneracy of codons.O TrueO False

A codon is a three-nucleotide sequence of mRNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid or stop or…

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Problem 13QP: A frameshift mutation is caused by a: a. nucleotide substitution b. three-base insertion c....

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The genetic code is defined as a series of _______________ in _______________. (a) anticodons; tRNA (b) codons; DNA (c) anticodons; mRNA (d) codons; mRNA (e) codons and anticodons; rRNA
The following segment of DNA codes for a protein. The uppercase letters represent exons. The lowercase letters represent introns. The lower strand is the template strand. Draw the primary transcript and the mRNA resulting from this DNA.
Define and compare the following types of nucleotide substitutions. Which is likely to cause the most dramatic mutant effect? a. missense mutation b. nonsense mutation c. sense mutation
Which type of mutation involves only one base pair?a. insertionb. deletionc. inversiond. substitution
A SNV mutation that results in an early stop codon is called: A. silent mutation B. silencing mutation C. missense mutation D. nonsense mutation E. frameshift mutation
What kind of mutation is present in the following DNA strand?: Wild-type: 3'-AGTCCCTGAAAT-5' Mutant: 3'-AGTCCCTGCAAT-5' Use the codon table if you need it. a. Deletion b.Missense c.Silent
An insertion of two nucleotides into a gene results in a frameshift mutation. This statement is: True False
nonsense mutations add a stop codon, which stops translation at the site of the mutation. This makes the protein shorter for the wild type. true or false
A mutation that changes an amino acid-coding codon to a stop codon is classified as nonsense missense neutral silent
A mutation changes a codon that specifies tyrosine into a stopcodon. This type of mutation is aa. missense mutation.b. nonsense mutation.c. frameshift mutation.d. neutral mutation.
Which of the following is not possible?a. A nonsynonymous mutation in an intronb. A nonsynonymous mutation in an exon
What kind of mutation normally has no consequence? please explain the answer a.transversions b.insertion c.silent d.nonsense

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Non-sense mutation is usually non-destructive due to the degeneracy of codons. O True O False