A missense mutation results in the substitution of one amino acid for another, whereas a nonsense or truncation mutation introduces a premature stop codon.
Missense mutations substitute one amino acid for another, while nonsense or truncation mutations create a premature stop codon.
| Text | Missense mutation: a mutation where one amino acid substitutes for another Nonsense or truncation mutation: a mutation where the codon now encodes for a premature stop codon |
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