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Why are silent mutations possible for some of the amino acids?

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That's possible because proteins are encoded by "triplets" of nucleotides, each responsible for adding a particular amino acid to the protein chain. A change in one nucleotide, however, doesn't always change the triplet's meaning; the mutated triplet may still add the same amino acid.

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