Question

The alterations that change a codon specific for one amino acid to a codon specific for another amino acid is known as ___________

a.

Missense mutation

b.

Nonsense mutation

c.

Frame shift mutation

d.

Reverse Mutation

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Answer: (a).Missense mutation

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