What would be considered a chemical mutagen?

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hectoroftroy
Dec 14, 2016

A chemical mutagen isn't energy waves, chemical mutagens are actual chemicals.

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Examples of chemical mutagens would be nicotine and other compounds in cigarette smoke that cause mutations involved in lung cancer. Or organic compounds containing 5 or 6 carbon planar ring structures that intercalate (i.e., get stuck between) the bases in DNA and cause errors in DNA replication and error checking mechanisms.

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