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A researcher is involved in the investigation of an individual's genetic abnormality. Which of the following situations could the researcher most likely rule out as the genetic cause of a mutation?
 
  A)
  Loss of a cytosine-guanine base pair
  B)
  Formation of an adenine-uracil base pair
  C)
  Substitution of an adenine-thymine base pair for a cytosine-guanine base pair
  D)
  Insertion of an extra adenine-thymine base pair
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6 years ago
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RNA contains uracil instead of thymine. Formation of an adenine-uracil base pair is a normal event during assembly of messenger RNA.
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