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Author Topic: point mutations vs insertion mutations  (Read 1328 times)
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« on: December 13, 2005, 09:48:49 AM »

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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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2005, 01:12:50 PM »

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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