Silent GUA Val GUG Nonsense protein is shorter GCC GCA GCG O

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Silent GUA Val GUG Nonsense protein is shorter GCC GCA GCG O Nonsense protein is longer Ala GAC Asp GAA Glu GAG AUG Met or Start UAG UAA and UGA Stop GGC GGA GGG The gene KRTHAP1 codes for the production of hair keratin in humans and other primates It is this gene that is thought to be responsible for humans having relatively little body hair compared other primates Gly A portion of the template strand of the chimp gene 3 ACGACCGCT 5 A portion of the template strand of the human gene 3 ACGACTGCT 5 What type of mutation occurred in humans to result in our relative hairlessness C Dept Biol Penn State 2002