What type of mutation occurred in the following? Normal allele GGAAUGAAACAGGAACCC Mutant allele GGAAUGAAAUCAGGAACCC

Insertion

Explanation:

Mutation is a sudden change that occurs in the genome of an organism that is heritable i.e it can be transfer from parent to offspring. There are different types of mutation Missense, nonsense, Insertion.

Insertion is a type of mutation that involves addition of extra Nitrogenous base that was not originally in the DNA strand. This will increase the number of the DNA strand and may also affect the function of protein to be formed

The mutant strand contains Uracil(U) which was not in the normal DNA strand which indicates insertion type of mutation.

GGAAUGAAACAGGAACCC -Normal

GGAAUGAAA U CAGGAACCC- Mutant

the diploid number of chromosomes is sometimes represented by the symbol 2n. for the fruit fly, the diploid number is 8, which can be written as 2n = 8, where n represents twice the number of chromosomes in a sperm or egg cell.

both male and female gametes are produced by meiosis of the germ cells. therefore, both male and female gametes are haploid. one male and one female gamete unite during the fertilization to form the diploid zygote. in seed bearing plants, pollen grain is the male gametophyte, which produces sperm cells.