2-amino-purine is a mutagenic chemical whose structure closely resembles that of adenine. It would

therefore be
A. a base analog that causes substitution mutations.
B. a base analog that causes frameshift mutations.
C. an intercalating agent that causes substitution mutations.
D. an intercalating agent that causes frameshift mutations.
E. It could act in any of these ways.


A

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