LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A mutation that changes a thymine nucleotide to a guanine nucleotide is what type of mutation?
A
frameshift mutation
B
point mutation
C
reading frame mutation
D
all of these are correct
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Base substitutions are the simplest type of gene-level mutation, and they involve the swapping of one nucleotide for another during DNA replication. For example, during replication, a thymine nucleotide might be inserted in place of a guanine nucleotide.

Detailed explanation-2: -Substitution, as related to genomics, is a type of mutation in which one nucleotide is replaced by a different nucleotide. The term can also refer to the replacement of one amino acid in a protein with a different amino acid.

Detailed explanation-3: -These groupings are divided into silent mutations, missense mutations, and nonsense mutations.

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