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Point mutation
a substitution, one gene is replaced
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frameshift mutation
insertion/deletion of a gene, causes all letters to move down one
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silent
can be caused due to a point mutation
* causes no change in the a.a. sequence
* causes no change in the a.a. sequence
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missense
can be caused due to point or frameshift
* creates a different chain of a.a. (either changes one or many, but DOES change the amino acid)
* creates a different chain of a.a. (either changes one or many, but DOES change the amino acid)
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nonsense
can be caused due to point or frameshift
* creates a stop codon early
* creates a stop codon early