Scenario: An original mutation, one that has never been seen before, has just occurred in a body cell. What will determine if this mutation affects the organism?

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Navaneeth K N asked Dec 26, 2023

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Scenario: An original mutation,

one that has never been seen
before, has just occurred in a body
cell. What will determine if this
mutation affects the organism?

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high-school

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If the mutation is silent, meaning that the amino acid sequence suffers no changes, then the mutation will not be expressed on the organism.

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