If a strand of DNA undergoes a point mutation in the codon CAA that changes it to CAG, it would still code for valine. This type of substitution is called a synonymous or sense mutation; it is also known as a silent mutation because there is no change in the amino acid sequence. (Find out how silent mutations can still have an effect on the gene and its resulting protein.). slide 3 of 5.
Updated March 03, 2017. Port au Prince (map) is the capital and largest city based on population in Haiti, a relatively small country that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. It is located on the Gulf of GonÃ¢ve on the Caribbean Sea and covers an area of nearly 15 square miles (38 sq km).
A man voices his opposition to the government of President Michel Martelly in downtown Port au Prince, Haiti on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014. Five years after a devastating earthquake, Haitians are feeling the aftershocks as prices rise, the local currency depreciates and elections are stalled.chool boys pray during mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption often called the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, which was destroyed in Haitiâs earthquake. Five years after the Jan. 12, 2010 disaster, the cathedral is among several buildings destroyed that have yet to be rebuilt.