Question

silent, missense, and nonsense mutations all characterized by their effect on the resulting: (1 point)
gene transcription
number of base pairs removed
protein shape
amino acid

Explanation:

Silent mutations change the DNA sequence but not the amino acid (due to codon degeneracy). Missense mutations change one amino acid. Nonsense mutations create a premature stop codon. All these mutations affect the amino acid sequence, which is related to the resulting amino acid composition. Gene transcription is about making RNA from DNA (not directly about these mutation effects). The number of base - pairs removed is more about frameshift mutations. Protein shape is a downstream effect of amino - acid changes, but the immediate characterization is at the amino - acid level.

Answer:

Amino Acid