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The three stop codons that terminate translation are also known as

  • A.pause codons
  • B.nonsense codons
  • C.missense codons
  • D.antisense codons

Answer: B

Correct answer: nonsense codons

They are called nonsense codons because they specify no amino acid - no tRNA recognises them. A missense mutation puts the wrong amino acid in; a nonsense mutation creates one of these codons prematurely and truncates the protein.

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