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Which of the following is also known as the removal of one or more bases from the nucleotide chain?(a) Deletion(b) Insertion(c) Transition(d) TransversionI have been asked this question in an online interview.The query is from Inheritance and Variation Principles in section Principles of Inheritance and Variation of Biology – Class 12

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The correct answer is (a) Deletion

Explanation: The removal of ONE or more bases from the NUCLEOTIDE CHAIN is also known as deletion. Deletion is a TYPE of frame-shift mutation. If we ADD one or more bases in a nucleotide chain, then it is called insertion.



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