Mutation
Mutation: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Mutation, Mutation on the Basis of Occurrence, Induced Mutation, Spontaneous Mutation, Silent Mutation, Variations in Chromosome Number, Transition, Euploidy, Transversion, Missense Mutation, Nonsense Mutation, etc.
Important Questions on Mutation
The primary source of allelic variation is


What are types of induced mutations?

What is transition and transversion?

What causes an induced mutation?

What are types of induced mutations?

Mutation was first observed in:

ATGCATGC → ATGAATGC
The type of gene mutation occurred in the given sequence is _____ mutation.

Mutations are responsible for causing

Factors which induce mutation are called as

When adenine is replaced by guanine in a mutation then it is called?

Addition, deletion or substitution of a single base pair in a gene results in mutation. Such kind of mutations are known as

Point mutation is caused because of

A point mutation where adenine is replaced by cytosine is also called as

Which one is correct for mutation?

The mutation is the phenomenon which results in alteration of DNA sequences and consequently results in a change in the

Which of the following factors may result in introduction of new variations?

Which of the statement is not applicable to mutations?

Non-disjunction in meiosis results in

The mutation of a purine to a pyrimidine is known as
