When might a frameshift or nonsense mutation not result in a completely defective protein?

A) When the mutation occurs in one of the very last codons
B) When the mutation occurs in one of the first codons
C) When a frameshift is balanced out by a nonsense mutation
D) When the mutation occurs in an exon region


A

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