What Are Point Mutations? ORIGINAL DNA: JUA corresponds to the amino acid leucine FRAMESHIFT MUTATION SILENT MUTATION MISSENSE MUTATION NONSENSE MUTATION JUGA CUA GUA UAA every amino acid that follows will be altered leucine valine stop codon
What Are Point Mutations? ORIGINAL DNA: JUA corresponds to the amino acid leucine FRAMESHIFT MUTATION SILENT MUTATION MISSENSE MUTATION NONSENSE MUTATION JUGA CUA GUA UAA every amino acid that follows will be altered leucine valine stop codon
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Can someone explain explain how the silent and missense mutations are different from each other? I know leucine and valine aren’t stop codons, but why is one silent and the other a missense? Thanks for explaining

Transcribed Image Text:What Are Point Mutations?
ORIGINAL DNA:
JUA
corresponds to the amino acid leucine
FRAMESHIFT MUTATION
SILENT MUTATION
MISSENSE MUTATION
NONSENSE MUTATION
JUGA CUA GUA UAA
every amino acid that
follows will be altered
leucine
valine
stop codon
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