Question

what type of mutation causes no change to the resulting protein sequence? missense mutations nonsense mutations silent mutations

Explanation:

To determine the mutation type with no protein sequence change:

• Missense mutations change one amino acid (alters protein).
• Nonsense mutations introduce a stop codon (truncates protein).
• Silent mutations change a codon but not the amino acid (no protein change), due to the genetic code’s redundancy.

Answer:

C. silent mutations (assuming options are labeled A: missense, B: nonsense, C: silent; or directly: silent mutations)