A mutant tRNA that recognizes a nonsense codon and inserts an amino acid where protein synthesis should have stopped is a(n)
A)nonsense tRNA.
B)nonsense suppressor tRNA.
C)revertant tRNA.
D)uncharged tRNA.

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Nonsense suppressor tRNA recognizes stop codons (nonsense codons) and inserts an amino acid instead, allowing translation to continue instead of stopping. This can suppress the effects of nonsense mutations.

A Mutant TRNA That Recognizes a Nonsense Codon and Inserts