Provide a scientific reason why degenerate codons reduce the effect of mutations.

(N/A) Since some amino acids are coded by more than one codon,a mutation in the first or second position of a codon might change the amino acid,but a mutation in the third position (the wobble position) often does not change the amino acid specified. This redundancy in the genetic code ensures that many point mutations are silent,thereby reducing the overall impact of mutations on protein synthesis.