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Read the codon sequence in the mRNA unit which is undergoing translation.

(a) What will happen if the nitrogen base ‘U’ in the sixth position is replaced by ‘A’ by point mutation?

(b) Name and define this type of mutation.

(c) Draw the base sequence in the coding DNA strand from which the above mRNA is transcribed.

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(a) Translation stop as UAA is a stop codon.

(b) In this point mutation one nitrogen base is deleted.

(c)

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