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    A Mutation That Changes a Codon That Originally Coded for an Amino
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A Mutation That Changes a Codon That Originally Coded for an Amino

Question 74

Question 74

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A mutation that changes a codon that originally coded for an amino acid into a stop codon is called a


A) frameshift mutation.
B) missense mutation.
C) silent mutation.
D) nonsense mutation.
E) dominant mutation.

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