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  4. If there are 999 bases in an RNA that codes for a protein with 333 amino acids, and the base at position 901 is deleted such that the length of the RNA becomes 998 bases, how many codons will be altered ?

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Q. If there are 999 bases in an RNA that codes for a protein with 333 amino acids, and the base at position 901 is deleted such that the length of the RNA becomes 998 bases, how many codons will be altered ?

NEETNEET 2017Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Solution:

If deletion occurs at $901^{\text {st }}$ position the remaining 98 bases specifying for 33 codons of amino acids will be altered.