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Identify three sources of mutation that are spontaneous due to a cell's biochemistry rather than due...

Identify three sources of mutation that are spontaneous due to a cell's biochemistry rather than due to an outside mutagen.

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Mutations can be caused spontaneously at low frequencies due to the chemical instability of the bases of purine & pyrimidine & to the DNA replication errors. Major causes of the spontaneous point mutations are -

Deamination of the cytosine --> uracil in double helix of DNA.

The following replication results in mutant daughter cell & in it the C•G base pair gets replaced by T•A base pair.

Another source is the copying errors while DNA replication. Even though the process of replication is done with great accuracy, there is chance of errors to happen.

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