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pishuonlain [190]
3 years ago
6

What is a point mutation?

Biology
2 answers:
Ostrovityanka [42]3 years ago
7 0

Point mutations are a large category of mutations that describe a change in single nucleotide of DNA, such that that nucleotide is switched for another nucleotide, or that nucleotide is deleted, or a single nucleotide is inserted into the DNA that causes that DNA to be different from the normal or wild type gene ...
Furkat [3]3 years ago
5 0

Explanation:

A point mutation or substitution is a genetic mutation where a single nucleotide base is changed, inserted or deleted from a DNA or RNA sequence of an organism's genome.

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