Q3 / 180 · JIPMER 2015 · Botany

What base is responsible for hot spots for spontaneous point mutations?

  • A
    Adenine
  • B
    Guanine
  • Correct answer
    C
    5-bromouracil
  • D
    5-methyl cytosine

Solution

Hot spots in any region in a gene that mutates at very high frequency than the neighbouring regions of the gene.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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