Match each term with its definition.

-missense mutation

-transversion

-nonsense mutation

-transition

-silent mutation

-point mutation
1. the general name for a change in a single base pair.
2. purine to purine or pyrimidine to pyrimidine change.
3. purine to pyrimidine or pyrimidine to purine change.
4. a nucleotide change within a coding region that produces no change to the amino acid sequence.
5. a nucleotide change within a coding region that changes one amino acid to another in the protein.
6. a nucleotide change within a coding region that changes a sense codon to a stop codon.