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Read the scenario given below Recall that the GFP gene or green fluorescent protein gene is the gene that gives jellyfish the ability to glow A scientist observed that some jellyfish produce a brighter glow than other jellyfish The scientist conducts a study in which he compares the sequences of the GFP gene in 12 different jellyfish Two of the 12 jellyfish can produce a brighter glow than the other 10 Upon analyzing the results the scientist finds that the 2 jellyfish with the brighter glow contain a substitution mutation in the GFP gene which produces a slightly different protein The scientist expected to find that the 10 jellyfish with the same more dim glow all had the same sequence for the GFP gene However the scientist found that 1 out of the 10 Jellyfish contained a mutation that changed the genotype of the jellyfish but did not change the phenotype of the jellyfish since the jellyfish still had the same dim glow as the other 9 jellyfish Which of the following mutations results in no change in the phenotype of an organism despite a change in genotype A B silent mutation frameshift mutation

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