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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

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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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Correct option: D
33
Option D (33) is correct because the deletion shifts the reading frame, altering all codons from the point of deletion until the end of the mRNA. 998 - 900 = 98 bases. 98/3 = 32.66, rounded up to 33 codons.

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