In World War I, mustard gas was used as a chemical weapon, and at a high dose, it would cause death. However, it is now known to be a chemical mutagen. Explain how those who came in contact with mustard gas and survived have an increase chance of

developing mutations.

What will be an ideal response?


Mustard gas is an alkylating agent that donates an alkyl group to an amino or keto group on nucleotides. This causes mismatch pairing and increases transition mutations.

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