NEET 2004 Biology question

After a mutation at a genetic locus the character of an organism changes due to the change in :-

(1)DNA replication
(2)Protein synthesis pattern
(3)RNA transcription pattern
(4)Protein structureCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

A gene mutation alters the nucleotide sequence of the gene, which changes the sequence of the mRNA and hence the amino-acid sequence (and therefore the structure and function) of the protein (often an enzyme) that it codes for. Since the character

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