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Missense, nonsense, and silent mutations are examples of which type of mutation?
insertion
deletion
replication
substitution
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Substitution.
These (missense, nonsense, and silent) are point mutations caused by a single-base substitution: changing one nucleotide can alter an amino acid (missense), create a stop codon (nonsense), or leave the amino acid unchanged (silent).
These (missense, nonsense, and silent) are point mutations caused by a single-base substitution: changing one nucleotide can alter an amino acid (missense), create a stop codon (nonsense), or leave the amino acid unchanged (silent).
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