Genetic Code and Gene Mutations
Genetic Code and Gene Mutations: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Transfer RNA, Gene Mutations, Mutagens, Frameshift Mutation, Genetic Code, Characteristics of Genetic Code, and Wobble Hypothesis.
Important Questions on Genetic Code and Gene Mutations
Which of the following is not a salient feature of genetic code?
Which of the following codon perform dual function?
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched with regard to the codon and the amino acid coded by it?
Which one of the following codons codes for the same information as UGC?
Frameshift mutation occurs when
What is point mutation? Give an example.
Write the salient features of genetic code.
Which one of the following codons acts as stop codons?
A gene encoding a polypeptide of amino acids, codon (UAU) is mutated to UAA. What would happen in this situation?
X-rays are an example of a mutagen.
What are the applications of mutagens?
How do the mutagens create mutations?
AUG is the starter codon.
Which of the following statements are not true for genetic code?
Name the following.
Their experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is 'triplet'?(Nirenberg and Matthaei/ Watson and Crick)
UAA codon codes for lysine.
Out of 64 codons, the number of codons with GGG is three.
The number of stop codon which do not code for any amino acid is three.
Which one of the following codons acts as stop codons?
Genetic code has
