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One type of mutation involves the replacement of a purine with a purine, whereas another causes the replacement of a pyrimidine with a purine or the reverse. What general terms are associated with these two mutational phenomena?
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Supstitution is the replacement of a base with another one and it can be divided into:
Transition is the replacement of a purine with a purine/pyrimidine with a pyrimidine
Transversion is the replacement of a purine with a pyrimidine/pyrimidine with a purine
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Awesome!! Kitty
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