Practice problem
Nonsense Mutation — Definition & Examples
By Deena Hauze
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Look at those short legs!
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Dwarf dogs, like the corgi, are short due to a single nucleotide mutation on their 17th chromosome. The single nucleotide change is a nonsense mutation.
Which of the following statements best describes this mutation?