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A point mutation will cause the cell to make an incomplete polypeptide if the mutation results in a stop codon. Is this true or false

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True - if there is a mutation in the genetic code that causes a stop codon then the rest of the code will not be read and translated, resulting in an incomplete polypeptide
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