MGD week 3: Point mutation may lead to silent mutation or missense mutation or nonsense mutation.
Define them

Question

Point mutation may lead to silent mutation or missense mutation or nonsense mutation. 
Define them

B. Lee · Accepted Answer

Silent mutation
- a mutation that does not alter the amino acid specified

Missesne mutation 
- a mutation that replaces one amino acid with another

Nonsense mutation 
- a mutation the changes the amino acid specified to a stop codon

Point mutation may lead to silent mutation or missense mutation or nonsense mutation. Define them