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Question
What is the difference between missense and nonsense mutation?
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Solution
- Mis-sense Mutation:
The mutation where the codon for one amino acid is changed into a codon for another amino acid is called Missense or non-synonymous mutations. - Non-sense Mutation:
The mutations where the codon for one amino acid is changed into a termination or stop codon is called a Nonsense mutation.
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