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No, a mutagen is an agent (usually a chemical) that mutates DNA. It can cause an abnormal DNA sequence in a gene or elsewhere
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How might a mutagen cause cancer?
A mutagen could change a gene that tells a cell when to stop growing.
What is a gene mutation?
Gene mutation is the change in the DNA sequence that is permanent and leads to new genetic traits and even diseases. This type of mutation is triggered through hereditary process or through several factors in the environment.
How does a mutagen alter a genetic material?
when in the genome there is linear sequence of genes are arranged but when mutation occur in that particular gene which is performing particular job then it definately alter the genetic material from regular work
A what is a physical or chemical agent that causes damage to DNA?
What is a physical or chemical agent that changes the nucleotide sequence of DNA?
A physical or chemical agent that changes the nucleotide sequence of DNA is called what?
A mutagen.
Cancer is caused when cells grow abnormally and divide in an uncontrolled manner How might a mutagen cause cancer?
A mutagen could change a gene that tells a cell when to stop growing.
What is the effects of mutation?
A mutation is a permenent in DNA sequence of a gene,mutation in a gene's DNA sequence can alterthe aminoacid sequence of the protein encodedby the gene.
What happens when the cell cannot repair the damage caused by mutagen?
The DNA base sequence changes permanently
What happened when cells cannot repair the damage caused by a mutagen?
The DNA base sequence changes permanently
A mutation is a change in a?
gene sequence
Why is it important to know a gene sequence?
what is a practical or clinical use of knowing the base sequence of a gene
What makes alleles of the same gene different from each other?
A gene consists of a specific sequence of bases; variations in that sequence make for a different gene.
