Discuss some of the possible ways in which nonsense mutations can potentially be suppressed in a cell

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Discussions include: organisms that have tRNA molecules with an anticodon that is complementary with a stop codon; a second mutation that corrects for the original mutation; alternate splicing of RNA products; alternate reading frames; etc.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The sporophyte form of a moss is

A) haploid. B) diploid. C) tetraploid. D) aneuploid. E) either haploid or diploid.

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