NEET Biology question

When mutation is confined to only one substitution, it is called

(A)Translocation
(B)Point mutationCorrect
(C)Base inversion
(D)Frame shift

Answer: (B)

Solution

A mutation confined to a single base substitution (affecting just one nucleotide pair) is called a point mutation; sickle-cell anaemia is the classic example, caused by a point mutation in which glutamic acid is replaced by valine at the sixth

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