Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa

Change in the reading frame of a gene occurs due to 
 

Option: 1

Base substitution 
 


Option: 2

Frameshift mutation 
 


Option: 3

Transition
 


Option: 4

Transversion 
 


Answers (1)

best_answer

 

 

As we have already studied in types of Mutations -

Frame-Shift Mutation:

  • There is another category of the point mutation in which the normal reading frame of the base triplet [codon] is changed. Such mutations are known as frameshift mutations. 
  • In these mutations, the normal reading frame of base triplets [codons] is altered due to the addition or deletion of a single base pair of nucleotides in mRNA.

Hence, the correct option is (b).
 

Posted by

qnaprep

View full answer

NEET 2024 Most scoring concepts

    Just Study 32% of the NEET syllabus and Score up to 100% marks