NEET Biology question

BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEET

A mutation in a codon leads to the substitution of one amino acid with another. What is the name for this type of mutation?

Answer: (B)

Solution

When a single base change alters a codon so that it specifies a different amino acid, without disrupting the reading frame, this is called a missense

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