Depurination is a type of mutation where a purine base is lost, but the DNA backbone remains intact. Which of the following are likely to occur as a result of depurination?

A. An incorrect base can be incorporated in
the next round of replication.
B. A deletion will occur, and there will be an
overall loss of a base to the DNA strand.
C. Repair enzymes will recognize the error
and replace the defective nucleotide.
D. All of the above are correct.
E. Both a and c are correct.


E

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