alleryStart learning →Mutation due to a change in a single base pair of DNA is called what?
AChromosomal change
BFrame-shift mutation
CPoint mutation
DPolyploid change
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Point mutation
A single base-pair change is a point mutation, as in sickle-cell anaemia.
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