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Mutagen Summary
1,317 words, approx. 4 pages Mutagens are chemicals or physical factors (such as radiation) that increase the rate of mutation in the cells of bacteria, plants, and animals (including humans). In the living cell, DNA undergoes frequent chemical change, especially during...
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Mutagen Summary
1,009 words, approx. 3 pages Mutagens are chemicals or physical factors (such as radiation) that increase the rate of mutation in the cells of bacteria, plants, and animals (including humans). Most mutagens are of natural origin and are not just a modern phenomenon: even dinosaurs...
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904 words, approx. 3 pages A mutagen is any substance or agent that can cause a mutation, or change in the sequence or structure of DNA. Mutagens are classified on the basis of their physical nature and the types of damage they do. A mutagen is not the same as a carcinogen....
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Mutagen Summary
118 words, approx. 1 pages Any agent, chemical or physical, that has the potential for inducing permanent change to the genetic material of an organism by altering its DNA. The alteration may be either a point mutation (nucleotide substitution, insertion, or deletion) or a...
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772 words, approx. 3 pages
 In biology, a mutagen (Latin, literally origin of change) is a physical or chemical agent that changes the genetic information (usually DNA) of an organism and thus increases the frequency of mutations above the natural background level. As many...



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Europe Parliament to regulate chemicals
12/13/2006: 652 words, approx. 2 pages Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a law approved Wednesday.The European Parliament passed the law _...


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