JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2002

  • question_answer
    Change in the sequence of nucleotide in DNA is called as:

    A) mutagen                             

    B) mutation            

    C)         recombination                

    D)         translation

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Alteration in the arrangement or amount of genetic material (DNA / genetic RNA) in a cell or virus is called mutation. Point mutations involve minor changes in the generic material, while macro mutations involve large segments of chromosomes. Frame shift mutations are the addition or deletion of nucleotide (not involving 3 base pairs) so that the reading frame of the RNA is shifted to left or right during translation.


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