Question

many different types of mutations can occur within the body. an individual experiences a mutation that changes a base in an mrna strand, but during translation the mrna strand still creates the same protein. which type of mutation is responsible for the change in the mrna base?
o silent
o missense
o nonsense
o insertion

Explanation:

A silent mutation changes a base in mRNA but results in the same protein. A missense mutation changes a base and results in a different amino acid. A nonsense mutation changes a base to a stop codon. An insertion adds one or more bases. Since the mRNA change here leads to the same protein, it's a silent mutation.

Answer:

silent