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How do missense, silence, and nonsense mutations differ?

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Nonsense → A mutation that ends the sequence early. There are 3 stop codons: UGA, UAA, and UAG. If a codon is mutated so that the resulting codon is one of the above, then it is a nonsense mutation. read more

There are different types of mutations such as point mutations, frameshift mutations, missense mutation, silent mutations and nonsense mutations. Missense mutation is a point mutation which results in the substitution of a different amino acid in the amino acid sequence due to the change of a single nucleotide in the mRNA sequence. read more

A missense mutation is a point mutation in which a single nucleotide is changed, resulting in a codon that codes for a different amino acid. Mutations that change an amino acid to a stop codon are considered nonsense mutations, rather than missense mutations. read more

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