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What is the effect of a nonsense mutation in a gene?A) It changes an amino acid in the encoded protein.B) It has no effect on the amino acid sequence of the encoded protein.C) It introduces a premature stop codon into the mRNA.D) It alters the reading frame of the mRNA.E) It prevents introns from being excised.

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The answer would be letter D
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