Students are modeling how genes produce proteins by using wooden tiles with letters to represent the genes. In this model, the words that the combination of letters produce represents the proteins. In this model, which of the following best represents a mutation?
A. Combining many different words to create a complete message
B. Creating any word that is spelled exactly the same way forwards and backwards
C. Changing one or more of the letters so that they spell a different word, or no word at all
D. Making different words, with a certain number of letters, that have the same meaning
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Which of the following is the most complete and accurate description of mutation?
A. Three adjacent nitrogen bases of mRNA that code for an amino acid
B. The process of matching anticodon sequences in tRNA to mRNA codons
C. A spontaneous change in DNA that may lead to cellular malfunction
D. A biomolecule composed of amino acids connected by peptide bonds
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