BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS & INVEST (LL)
BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS & INVEST (LL)
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Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Mutation is a permanent alteration in the nucleotide sequence of genome which sometime results in the development of new organism. Sometimes, mutation can be fatal too.

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