NEET Biology question

When a mutation is limited to the substitution of one nucleotide for another, it is called

(A)Translocation
(B)Point mutationCorrect
(C)Base inversion
(D)Sugar phosphate deletion

Answer: (B)

Solution

A point mutation is defined as a heritable alteration confined to a single nucleotide (or nucleotide pair) within the DNA, most commonly a base-pair substitution. Translocation (a) involves

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