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
Which one of the following codons acts as stop codons?
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
Fill in the blank with the correct option given in the bracket.
Some amino acids are coded by more than one codon. This property of genetic code is known as _____ (unambiguous/degenerate).
Fill in the blank with the correct option given in the bracket.
Mutations can be induced with _____ (gamma/x-ray) radiations.
Genetic code is:
Polarity is one of the important features of the genetic code.
Example of point mutation is a change of single base pair in the gene for beta-globin chain that results in the change of amino acid residue glutamate to
Mutation in a single nucleotide base of a DNA segment is called a point mutation.
