SILENT MUTATIONS. “Mutations are errors in codons caused by changes in nucleotide bases. Some mutations may not have much effect. For example, if the codon GAA becomes the codon GAG, because the genetic code is degenerate, the codon will still code for the amino acid glutamate. Such ineffectual mutations are called silent mutations.”
http://www.sparknotes.com/biology/molecular/geneticcode/section3.rhtml
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022