The appearance of a novel phenotype resulting from the substitution of a single base pair might be due to

A) a change in the amino acid sequence.
B) a change in the amount of protein expressed.
C) an alteration in a gene that codes for a nontranslated RNA.
D) a change in the developmental time or location at which a gene is expressed.
E) All of the choices are possible consequences of a single base pair substitution.


E) All of the choices are possible consequences of a single base pair substitution.

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