a lot of people agreed with her words. "Mind your business, Kay. It's between me and her!" She said with annoyance. Kay wanted to reply but Rory glanced at her telling her to be quiet. "H

ooling around with insignificant things. ..... She went back to class. The Biology teacher walked in. "Good afternoon everyone!" He greeted the class. "Good afternoon sir!" The class answered. "So today we are going to talk about genetics. In our last class, I introduced the topic to you all. Now we will discuss more about genes!" He started teaching. The teacher paused and asked a question. "How does the alteration in the sequence of nucleotides in a single gene (a point mutation) potentially affect the entire protein structure, and why might some point mutations have no observable effect on the phenotype of an organism? Explain the molecular mechanisms involved." The question left everyone at a loss of words as they racked their heads for the answer. "A point mutation, which is a change in a single nucleotide within a gene, can have varying effects on the protein structure and, consequently, the organism's phenotype. The impact depends on the type of mutation and where it occurs within the gene." Rory answered smoothly. The Biology teacher became intrigued and smiled satisfactorily. "What are the types?" "Missense mutation." Terrence finally understood the question and replied. "We also have the nonsense mutation and silent mutation," Rory added. The topic of genes had always fascinated Rory and she was happy she read the textbooks Hector bought for Samantha. She even had an idea for a research project and before that was a far dream but now, it was actually possible. "I see Terrence finally has competition, who knows maybe it would land him in the Top Five for the tests." The teacher had a knowing look on his face. Most students didn't know this but she did. It was truly amazing. "She is the complete package, beauty, and brain!" Someone said softly. Everyone silently agreed. .... School was over but Samantha didn't sho