Which of the following is most likely to result in a nonfunctional polypeptide?
A. a silent mutation
B. a missense mutation
C. a nonsense mutation
D. a transition mutation
E. Silent and missense mutations are the
most likely to result in a nonfunctional
polypeptide.
C
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Fill in the blank with correct word.