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Which of the following mutations to an RNA codon is most likely to be selectively neutral?

Which of the following mutations to an RNA codon is most likely to be selectively-example-1
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The answer is “D. UUG —> CUG”

By looking at the chart, UUG is the code for “Leu”. CUG is also the code for “Leu”. This proves that the mutation of UUG —> CUG is most likely to be selectively neutral, because the codon stays the same!

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