Microbiology: Principles and Explorations 9th Edition

Published by Wiley
ISBN 10: 1-11874-316-4
ISBN 13: 978-1-11874-316-4

Chapter 7 - Microbial Genetics - Self Quiz - Page 211: 16

Answer

(e) All of these

Work Step by Step

The sequence of bases in DNA can be altered by chemical mutagens. These cause changes by acting as base analogs and being incorporated into DNA, adding methyl groups to bases which leads to errors in base pairing, removing an amino group from a base and being inserted into double-stranded DNA.
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