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transition
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from purine to purine and from pyrimidine to pyrimidine
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transversion
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purine to pyriidine and vice
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synonymous
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mutation cahnges one codon for an amino acid into another codon for that same amino acid
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missense
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CODON FOR ONE AMINO ACID IS CHANGED INTO A CODON FOR ANTHER AMINO ACID
NONSYNONYMOUS MUTATION |
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nonsense
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codon for one amino acid id achnged into a trasnlation-termination stop codon
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induced mutations
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arise through the action of certain agents
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spontaneous mutations
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naturally occuring mutations and arise in all cells
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know thsi
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Each mutagen produces different hot-spots of mutaion along the DNA because they affect the DNA in chemically specific ways
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mutagens
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agents that increase rate at which mutaion takes palce
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