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Explain what is meant by deamination. How does this mutation affect a cytosine (C) versus a methylcytosine (5meC)? What effect does deamination have on CpG islands, and how does that affect the mutation frequencies in these regions?
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Deamination is the loss of an amino (NH2) group from a nucleotide base. Each of the DNA nucleotide bases contains an amino group.
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