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What is the difference between missense and nonsense mutation?

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The mutation where the codon for one amino acid is changed into a codon for another amino acid is called Misscnse or non-synonymous mutations. The mutations where codon for one amino acid is changed into a termination or stop codon is called Nonsense mutation.
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