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  1. Out of A-T, G-C pairing, bases of DNA may exist in alternate valency state owing to arrangement called
    1. analogue substitution
    2. tautomerisational mutation
    3. frame-shift mutation
    4. point mutation
Correct Option: B

The tautomer forms of nitrogen bases are immuno-tautomer instead of amino group (e.g. cytosine, adenine) or enol instead of the keto group (e.g. thymine, guanine). Tautomers are organic compounds that are interconvertible by a chemical reaction called tautomerization. The concept of tautomers that are interconvertible by tautomerizations is called tautomerism. Tautomerism is a special case of structural isomerism and can play an important role in non-canonical base pairing in DNA and especially RNA molecules.



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