In your lab you are studying the genome of venomous rattlesnakes to find the gene which codes for their venom glands. You have two rattlesnakes, one rattlesnake has a mutation but can still produce venom. You compare his DNA to a normal rattlesnake. What type of
mutation has occurred?
Normal: AATCGCTACGCACGTCAG
Mutated: TATCGCTACGCACGTCAG
A. Deletion Mutation
B. Nonsense mutation
C. Silent Mutation
D. Missense mutation