When mutation is confined to only one substitution, it is called - Vidyadip

MCQ

When mutation is confined to only one substitution, it is called

A
Translocation
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Point mutation
C
Base inversion
D
Frame shift

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Answer

Correct option: B.

Point mutation

b
When mutation is confined to only one substitution, deletion, insertion then this type of mutation is called point mutation. Sickle-cell anaemia is the example of point mutation in which the Glutamic acid (Glu) is replaced by valine (val) at the sixth position of $\beta$-globin chain of haemoglobin molecule

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