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The type of gene mutation in which a purine gets replaced by a pyrimidine and vice-versa is called

  1. transduction

  2. translation

  3. inversion

  4. transversion

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Explanation

This kind of aberration arises when a purine gets replaced by a pyrimidine or a pyrimidine gets replaced by a purine.

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