Biology
Grade-12
Easy
Question
Mutations that do not cause any functional change in protein are known as
- Non-sense mutation
- Mis-sense mutation
- Backward mutations
- Silent mutation
Hint:
Silent mutation
The correct answer is: Silent mutation
Silent mutations are mutations in DNA that do not have an observable effect on the organism's phenotype.
They are a specific type of neutral mutation.
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