MUTATION



MUTATION

MUTATION IS THE PERMANENT CHANGE IN THE DNA SEQUENCE OF A GENE.
MUTATIONS MAY LEAD TO MISSING OR MALFORMED PROTEINS WHICH MAY LEAD TO DISEASES.MUTATIONS HAPPENS DURING CELL DIVISION WHEN THE DNA GETS DUPLICATED. A FEW TYPES OF MUTATIONS ARE BAD FOR US BUT SOME MUTATIONS ARE BENEFICIAL FOR US,THEY CAN CREATE GENETIC DIVERSITIES. CANCER USUALLY OCCURS DUE TO THE MULTIPLE MUTATIONS INSIDE A SINGLE CELL.

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