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An alteration in a nucleotide sequence that changes a triplet coding for an amino acid into a termination codon is ____________(a) Nonsense mutation(b) Mutagenesis(c) Mutation(d) MutagenThe question was posed to me during an interview.My enquiry is from DNA Repair topic in division DNA, RNA and Protein Metabolism of Biochemistry

Answer» CORRECT choice is (a) Nonsense mutation

Easiest explanation: Nonsense mutation (point mutation) results in a PREMATURE STOP CODON.


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