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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