A mutation in DNA changes an adenine to a guanine. This adenine was the A in the ATG encoding a start codon. What process or processes would this mutation impact? A. Initiation of both transcription and translation B. Only initiation of transcription C. Only initiation of translation D. Neither initiation of transcription nor translation
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