Silent mutations. Silent base changes are mutations which do not alter the amino acid. (Those which do are called replacement mutations.). Since they are less constrained than replacement sites, the geneticist Kimura had predicted, before DNA sequences were available, that silent changes would evolve more rapidly.
View is to the east over the Mississippi River. Port Allen is a city in and the parish seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Port Allen is located between Interstate 10 and US Highway 190 on the West bank of the Mississippi River. The population was 5,180 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Residents also enjoy quick, easy access to Louisiana State University, Southern University and the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. Port Allen is strategically located between Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 190 on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Port Allen is the governmental center of West Baton Rouge Parish, and offers many goods and services to its residents and others located in rural areas of the parish.