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<p>Silent Mutation</p>

Silent Mutation

  • Does not change the final amino acid sequence

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Missense Mutation

  • Substitution mutation codes for a different AA, altering protein structure, which can affect functioning

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Nonsense Mutation

  • Substitution mutation prematurely ending mRNA translation

  • Causes affected codon to become STOP, 

  • Considered most dangerous

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Frameshift Mutation

  • Addition/Deletion of 1 or 2 nucleotides, altering reading frame

  • All following codons are affected, causing major disruptions to protein structure/function

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Deletion

  • Removal of DNA section

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Duplication

  • Replication of a DNA section

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Inversion

  • Reversal of a DNA section

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Translocation

  • Switching of 2 DNA sections on different chromosomes