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Name the mutagen:...

Name the mutagen:

A

`NH_(3)`

B

`CO`

C

`NHO_(2)`

D

`SO_(2)`

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C
Nitrous acid cause transitionsal mutation due to oxidataive deminataion of cytosine to uracil and adenine to hypoxanthine
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  2. what base is responsible for hot sports for spontaneous point mutaions...

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  3. Name the mutagen:

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  4. Nitrous acid causes mutaation by :

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  5. Nitrous acid deamintes cytosine to produce :

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  6. Dithyl sulphate (DES) is used as:

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  7. If the DNA condons are ATG ATG ATG and a cytosine base is inserted at...

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  8. Replacement of purrine base by another purine base is called :

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  9. In transversion :

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  10. which of the following will causes a more effecticve muta -tion ?

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  13. A mutation that change a codon specifying one amino acid to a terminat...

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  14. A nonsence mutation result in :

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  15. which of the following mutagens increases disture between the neighbou...

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  16. In a mutational event ,when adenine is replaced by guanine , it is a c...

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  17. trananstion type of mutation is cused when :

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  18. a point mutation comprising the subxiton of a purine by pyrimidine is ...

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  19. type of gene mutation which involves replacement of puriune with pyrim...

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  20. Change from purine to pyrimidedine or pyrimidine to purine is called :

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