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?
o silent
o missense
o nonsense
o insertion

Explanation:

A silent mutation changes a base in mRNA but the resulting protein is the same due to the redundancy of the genetic code. A missense mutation changes a single - base pair and results in a different amino acid in the protein. A nonsense mutation changes a codon to a stop codon, prematurely terminating translation. An insertion mutation adds one or more nucleotides into the DNA sequence, which can change the reading frame and thus the protein sequence.

Answer:

A. silent