mutations

Question 1

silent mutation

Answer 1

a mutation that doe snot significantly alter the phenotype

Question 2

missense mutation

Answer 2

a point mutation in which a single nucleotide change results in a codon that encodes for a different AA

Question 3

nonsense mutation

Answer 3

a point mutation that results in a stop codon

Question 4

frameshift mutation

Answer 4

insertion/deletion of nucleotides that is not divisible by 3. Changes the reading frame

Question 5

point mutation

Answer 5

a single base change, insertion or deletion