A point mutation comprising substitution of purine with pyrimidine is (a) Transition (b) Transversion (c) Deletion (d) Translocation

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Option B Substitution of purine base for a pyrimidine base or substitution of pyrimidine base for a purine base is called as transversion. Hence, adenine is replaced with thymine/ uracil and guanine with cytosine 

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