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A change in a sequence of DNA occurs so that the mRNA codon reads AUC rather than AUU. Both of these codes for the amino acid is leucine. Argue that this is not a mutation.

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If one defines a mutation as a change in genetic material resulting in a different phenotypic expression, then this is not a mutation.
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