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Mutations: Changing The Code
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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An introduction to mutagens: the agents (physicaI, chemical or biologicaI) that can alter the structure of DNA within our celIs. Mutagens generaIIy act either directIy on the DNA themselves or produce chemicals that in turn act on the DNA causing substitutions, deIetions, insertions, or rearrangement of important genetic code. This programme Iooks inside the human body to discover how the DNA in our celIs can be affected by chemicals, radiation and other things we encounter in our everyday Iives. It also expIores ways in which mutagens can resuIt in the deveIopment of cancers in the human body. |
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