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What if a mutation occurred in the human insulin gene and the first triplet was changed to C C G? Is this a silent mutation?

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Yes, this will be a silent mutation.

Explanation: The mutation which occurred in the human insulin gene where the first codon was changed to CCG will be a silent codon because this will not change the sequence of the amino acid and the amino acids formed will remain the same.

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