A SNP that changes the amino acid sequence of an encoded protein is termed


A) synonymous.

B) nonsynonymous.

C) transliteral.

D) mutagenic.


B) nonsynonymous.

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B. bottleneck effect
C. stabilizing selection
D. adaptive variation
E. neutral variation

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