Anatomy and Physiology
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ISBN: 9781260256000
Author: SALADIN
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 4, Problem 10TYR
Mutagens sometimes cause no harm to cells for all of the following reasons except
- a. some mutagens are natural, harmless products of the cell itself.
- b. most of the human DNA does not code for any proteins.
- c. the body’s DNA repair mechanisms detect and correct genetic damage.
- d. change in a codon does not always change the amino acid encoded by it.
- e. some mutations change protein structure in ways that are not critical to normal function.
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