Question

many different types of mutations can occur within the body. an individual experiences a mutation that changes a base in a mrna strand, but during translation the mrna strand still creates the same protein. which type of mutation is responsible for the change in the mrna base?

• silent
• missense
• nonsense
• insertion

Explanation:

A silent mutation changes a base in mRNA but the resulting protein is the same due to the degeneracy of the genetic code. A missense mutation changes a base and results in a different amino - acid in the protein. A nonsense mutation creates a premature stop codon. An insertion mutation adds one or more nucleotides.

Answer:

A. silent