Question

What is an example of neutral mutation?

Answer 1

Neutral mutation:

1. Neutral mutations are the changes in the DNA that are neither detrimental nor beneficial for the survival and reproduction of the living organism.
2. These mutations do not cause any changes in the phenotype of an organism.

Example of neutral mutation: Silent mutation is an example of neutral mutations.

1. The type of base substitution mutation through which the amino acid encoded by the mutated codon of mRNA does not change.
2. These mutations occur at the third position of the codon
3. Glycine can be encoded by codons GGG, GGA, GGC, and GGU codon in mRNA, if substitution occurs at the third position of base A-G, the resulting amino acid is not changed.