The Hutterites are a peace-loving people descended from people who lived in the Austrian province of Tyrol in the 16th century,and immigrated to Montana and the Dakotas,then to Canada.Bowen-Conradi syndrome is a rare autosomal condition seen only among Hutterites,who marry within their own communities.The condition causes extreme growth retardation shortly before and after birth,resulting in early childhood death.The mutation that causes Bowen-Conradi syndrome changes an aspartic acid to a glycine by replacing an A with a G.This is a _______ mutation affecting the _____ codon position.(Consult the genetic code in figure 10.12 for your answer).

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The mutation changes an aspartic acid to a glycine, which is a missense mutation affecting the second codon position.

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