AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1998

  • question_answer
    Mutation in which thymine is replaced by cytosine is called

    A)  transition         

    B)  transversion

    C)  missense          

    D)  none of these.

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    : The replacement of one base by another is called substitution. It may be - transversion which is the replacement of purine by pyrimidine or pyrimidine by purine and transition which is the replacement of purine by a different purine or pyrimidine by a different pyrimidine. Thymine and cytosine are pyrimidine bases.


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