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What is the difference between mis-sense and nonsense mutation?

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Mis-sense Mutation: The mutation where the codon for one amino acid is changed into a codon for another amino acid is called Missense or non-synonymous mutations.

Non-sense Mutation: The mutations where codon for one amino acid is changed into a termination or stop codon is called Nonsense mutation.

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