Answer to Question #263158 in Genetics for Stephanie

Question

■Assess what happens in the following error mutations and show how this affects the proteins produced

–Missense, nonsense, silent, insertion, deletion, duplication, frameshift

–Include examples to demonstrate points

Answer 1

Sometimes, gene variants (also known as mutations) prevent one or more proteins from working properly. By changing a gene's instructions for making a protein, a variant can cause a protein to malfunction or to not be produced at all