MGIMS WARDHA MGIMS WARDHA Solved Paper-2004

  • question_answer
    Mutations  which  alter  nudeotide sequence within a gene are :

    A)  frame shift mutations

    B)  base pair substitutions

    C)  both 'a' and 'b'

    D)  none of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Gene mutation or point mutation is the result of a change in the nucleotide sequence of the DNA molecule in a particular      region      of      the chromosome. Gene mutation occurs in the form of duplication, insertion deletion, inversion or substitution of bases. The addition or deletion of a base may change the reading frame of nucleotide sequence such type of change in  nucleotide    sequence  is  called frame-shift mutation.


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