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Principles of Inheritance and Variation — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation1 Mark
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Define mutation.
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Mutation is defined as the sudden heritable change in the base sequences of DNA or structure of chromosomes or number of chromosomes.

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