Which statement about mutations is true?
A) All point mutations are transitions.
B) All transitions are point mutations.
C) All point mutations are base substitutions.
D) All point mutations are nonsense mutations.
E) All point mutations are missense mutations.

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All transitions are a type of point mutation, as they involve a change of a single nucleotide base to another base of the same type (purine to purine or pyrimidine to pyrimidine).

Which Statement About Mutations Is True