MCAT Question of the Day
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    Q:

    		 A polypeptide is typically translated from mRNA with 107 amino acids. After a mutation, the polypeptide truncates early after only 31 amino acids. Which type of mutation may have caused this result?

    I. Frameshift Mutation
    II. Point Mutation
    III. Silent Mutation
    		 

    A

    		 I only

    B

    		 II only

    C

    		 I and II only

    D

    		 I, II, and III



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