If the codon AAA is changed to UAA, it no longer codes for an amino acid; instead, it becomes a stop codon that signals translation termination in a protein. This is an example of a
A) nonsense mutation.
B) gross mutation.
C) missense mutation.
D) silent mutation.
E) frameshift mutation.
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