Question

Frame-shift mutation is caused by:

A 2-amino purine Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Aflatoxin Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Acridine orange Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

An acridine dye intercalates itself between base pairs of the DNA chain thereby causing loss or gain of a single nucleotide. The gene mutation alters the base sequence of the whole genetic frame from the point of mutation called frameshift mutation

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