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What base is responsible for hot spots for spontaneous point mutations?

Options

  1. AAdenine
  2. BGuanine
  3. C5-bromouracil
  4. D5-methyl cytosine

Correct answer

C. 5-bromouracil

Step-by-step solution

Hot spots in any region in a gene that mutates at very high frequency than the neighbouring regions of the gene.

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