Chapter 20, Problem 20.77QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Damage caused by the UV light to the DNA and formation of resultant mutations has to be determined.

Concept Introduction:

In messenger RNA, a nucleotide triplet that codes for a specific amino acid is termed as a codon. A codon is significant because if a single base is changed in the codon it can change the amino acid composition or may even result in no protein synthesis at all. Changes in the nucleotide may be either of the forms of point mutation, deletion mutation or insertion mutations.