Gujarati
Hindi
4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
normal

In a mutational event, when adenine is replaced by guanine, it is the case of

A

Frameshift mutation

B

Transcription

C

transition

D

transversion

Solution

Incase of transition, purine base is replaced by another purine (e.g., $A$ by $G$) and pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine (e.g., $C$ by $T$ ) and vice versa. In case of transversion, purine is replaced by a pyrimidine and vice versa.

Standard 12
Biology

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