Biology: How Life Works
Biology: How Life Works
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ISBN: 9781319017637
Author: James Morris, Daniel Hartl, Andrew Knoll, Melissa Michael, Robert Lue, Andrew Berry, Andrew Biewener, Brian Farrell, N. Michele Holbrook
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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A change of nucleotide sequence in a genome of a virus, organisms, extrachromosomal DNA, or other genetic elements that occur permanently is called mutation. Environmental factors also cause mutation such as ultraviolet radiation from the sun or it can be caused by errors that occur during replication of DNA. 

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