Question #6425191Single Choice

Biology

Question

A patient has a genetic condition caused by a nonfunctional protein. Genetic analysis reveals a mutation that changes a splice site in the pre-mRNA. What is the most likely effect on the Central Dogma of Biology?

Options

DNA replication errors lead to a truncated protein.

Incorrectly spliced mRNA leads to a nonfunctional protein.

Ribosomes fail to initiate translation due to a stop codon.

RNA polymerase cannot transcribe DNA into mRNA.

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