Rank the following DNA changes in order from least likely to change a phenotype to most likely to change a phenotype.  Explain your ranking.  A.    A C → T change in an exon that results in an amino acid change in the resulting protein from alanine to valine (a conservative change)  B.     A C → T change in an exon that does not result in an amino acid change but introduces a new splice site  C.     A 2 bp insertion in the 3rd to last codon of a gene  D.    An expansion of a CGG repeat in the promoter of a gene from 50 copies to 200 copies  E.     A duplication of an entire gene

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Rank the following DNA changes in order from least likely to change a phenotype to most likely to change a phenotype.  Explain your ranking. 

A.    A C → T change in an exon that results in an amino acid change in the resulting protein from alanine to valine (a conservative change) 

B.     A C → T change in an exon that does not result in an amino acid change but introduces a new splice site 

C.     A 2 bp insertion in the 3rd to last codon of a gene 

D.    An expansion of a CGG repeat in the promoter of a gene from 50 copies to 200 copies 

E.     A duplication of an entire gene

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