Q. In a mutational event, when adenine is replaced by guanine, it is the case of
A) Frameshift mutation
B) Transcription
C) transition
D) transversion
Explanation
Incase of transition, purine base is replaced by another purine (e.g., A by G) and pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine (e.g., C by T) and vice versa. In case of transversion, purine is replaced by a pyrimidine and vice versa.
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