Question

Silent, missense, and nonsense mutations all characterized by their effect on the resulting:(1 point)
Responses

Number of base pairs removed
Number of base pairs removed

Amino Acid
Amino Acid

Gene transcription
Gene transcription

Protein shape

Answer 1

Silent, missense, and nonsense mutations are characterized by their effect on the resulting:

**Amino Acid.**

- **Silent mutations** do not change the amino acid sequence, even though there may be a change in the DNA sequence.
- **Missense mutations** result in a change in one amino acid in the protein sequence.
- **Nonsense mutations** create a premature stop codon, resulting in a truncated protein.

These mutations primarily affect the amino acid sequence of the protein produced.