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(a) How does mutation occur?

(b) Differentiate between point mutation and frameshift mutation.


a) Mutation is said to occur when there is any kind of change in DNA. Mutation may occur due to insertion or deletion of a single nucleotide, there might be translocation of nucleotides i.e. change in position of DNA segments.


b) There can be two types of mutations:



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