What occurs in a missense mutation?

a. All of the amino acids beyond the mutation point are changed.
b. A nucleotide is added to the DNA.
c. A nucleotide is deleted from the DNA.


d. A single amino acid is substituted for another in a protein.
e. The protein is always completely nonfunctional.


d

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