How many different single-nucleotide substitutions* (changing one nucleotide to another) in the DNA sequence shown below can result in non-sense mutations (a stop codon replaces an amino acid codon) in the second generation in a bacterial strain that is defective in DNA repair? Amino Acids Gln Trp Thr Arg Coding strand: 5'-CAA TGG ACT CGA-3¹ For your information, Stop codons: TAA, TAG, TGA *Ignore Insertions, and Deletions for this question O None of these options O 16 4 0 1 O 2

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How many different single-nucleotide substitutions* (changing one nucleotide to another) in the DNA sequence shown
below can result in non-sense mutations (a stop codon replaces an amino acid codon) in the second generation in a
bacterial strain that is defective in DNA repair?
Amino Acids
Gln Trp Thr Arg
Coding strand: 5'-CAA TGG ACT CGA-3'
For your information, Stop codons: TAA, TAG, TGA
*Ignore Insertions, and Deletions for this question
None of these options
16
4
1
2
O
O
Transcribed Image Text:How many different single-nucleotide substitutions* (changing one nucleotide to another) in the DNA sequence shown below can result in non-sense mutations (a stop codon replaces an amino acid codon) in the second generation in a bacterial strain that is defective in DNA repair? Amino Acids Gln Trp Thr Arg Coding strand: 5'-CAA TGG ACT CGA-3' For your information, Stop codons: TAA, TAG, TGA *Ignore Insertions, and Deletions for this question None of these options 16 4 1 2 O O
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