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Ch. 15 - Gene Mutation, DNA Repair, and Transposition

Chapter 15, Problem 8

What is the difference between a silent mutation and a neutral mutation?

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Hello everyone here We have a question asking which of the following mutations has no observable effect on the organism. A visible mutation, As the name suggests, visible mutations alter the physical phenotype of the organism and are always visible. So A. Is incorrect. Be conditional mutation again, As the name suggests, conditional mutations are detectable under certain conditions, but they are observable. So B is incorrect. See lethal mutation. This causes the death of an organism, so it is definitely observable. And lastly, we have the neutral mutation. Mutual mutations have no observable effect on the organism. So our answer here is the neutral mutation. Thank you for watching. Bye!