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mango10
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point mutations vs insertion mutations
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December 13, 2005, 03:48:49 PM »
Can anyone help me with this:
threonine (amino acid) : ACU, ACC, ACA, ACG implies that point mutations at the third postion will have no effect right? or is it insertion mutation?
can anyone confirm this? thank you :]
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A point mutation at the third position will be a silent mutation. Insertion mutations are different than point mutations. Point mutations refer to nucleotide substitutions, while insertions refer to an extra nucleotide insterted into a sequence.
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