A turbidity current is an underwater current, usually water laden with heavy sediments, that moves rapidly down a slope. Turbidity currents can... View Article
Rajya Sabha TV programs and discussions are very insightful and informative from a UPSC perspective. In this article, we provide a gist of the... View Article
The endoderm gives rise to most parts of the alimentary canal, alveoli of lungs, urinary bladder, the lining of liver, pancreas, thyroid cell... View Article
Germ layers are found in the earlier stages of embryonic development, which differentiates into different tissues. Also Check: Why Is A... View Article
Deletion mutation refers to the loss of genetic material, it can be a loss of a sequence of DNA or a part of a chromosome. Further reading:... View Article
Yes, Crohn’s disease is caused due to frameshift mutation. It occurs due to the insertion of cytosine in the gene coding for NOD2 protein.... View Article
When a single base pair substitution produces no change in the amino acid it codes, it is called a silent mutation. E.g. if AAA changes to AAG in... View Article
Mutations occur due to change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA due to deletion, insertion, duplication or substitution of nucleotides. The two... View Article
In a frameshift mutation, deletion or insertion of one nucleotide leads to change in the reading frame of codons in a gene from that point... View Article
Frameshift mutations are worse than point mutations as they lead to a change in all the amino acids in a polypeptide chain from the point of... View Article
Yes, frameshift mutations are the most disruptive mutations. It leads to non-functional protein and affects the essential processes in the cell.... View Article
The three types of point mutations are silent, missense and nonsense mutations. Silent mutation - The changed codon codes for the same amino... View Article
When a frameshift mutation occurs, it changes the reading frame of codons from that point onwards. The entire DNA sequence is read incorrectly... View Article
