Given the following aligned sequences Sequence 1 ATA TGT ATA AAA Sequence 2 ATA TGT TTA AAG Sequence 3 ATC TGT ATA AAA Sequence 4 ATC TGG ATA AAG, identify any transitions and transversions as well as any synonymous and nonsynonymous
substitutions.
First codon: A to C: transversion, synonymous substitution (Ile - Ile)
Second codon: T to G: transversion, nonsynonymous substitution (Cys - Trp)
Third codon: A to T: transversion, nonsynonymous substitution (Ile - Leu)
Fourth codon: A to G: transition, synonymous substitution (Lys - Lys)
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