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A section of the RNA sequence made from a particular gene is shown below. AUGCAGGUACAGCGU What would occur if a mutation in the DNA causes the RNA codon CAG to become UAG?

A section of the RNA sequence made from a particular gene is shown below. AUGCAGGUACAGCGU What would occur if a mutation in the DNA causes the RNA codon CAG to become UAG?
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A section of the RNA sequence made from a particular gene is shown below.

AUGCAGGUACAGCGU

What would occur if a mutation in the DNA causes the RNA codon CAG to become UAG?

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Since UAG is a stop codon, it would introduce an early termination on the translation of the sequence.
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