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Here are parts of the DNA base sequences for 7 organisms:
Organism 1: GCCTAGGCATTACGCTACGTCGCATTATAC
Organism 2: GCTAAGGCACTACGCTACGTCGCTTAATAG
Organism 3:
GCTAAGCACTACGCTACGTCGCTTAATAGC
Organism 4:
GCTAAGGCACTACGCTACGTCGCATTATAC
Organism 5:
GCCAAGGCACTACGCTACGTCGCATTATAC
Organism 6:
GCTAAGGCACTACGCTACGTCGCTTTATAC
Organism 7:
GCTAAGAGACTACGGAACGCCGCTTAATAG
The question is: Which of the sequences is least likely to lead to a functional part of a protein, and why?
I researched stop codons in DNA and found them to be TAG, TAA and TGA - which doesn't help as pretty much all of the sequences feature one of these at least once.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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