The Graph Illustrates How Radiation Alters the Genome (IMAGE)

University of Bonn

The Graph Illustrates How Radiation Alters the Genome

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A 'multisite de novo mutation' (MSDN) occurs when two or more defects occur adjacently in the DNA strands of 20 base pairs.

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© Jean-Tori Pantel

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