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What is considered a chemical mutagen?

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Chemical mutagen is a mutation agent which is in the form of chemical substance, It can mimic nitrogen base in normal DNA' but they cannot couple during DNA replication
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A chemical mutagen isn't energy waves, chemical mutagens are actual chemicals.
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Examples of chemical mutagens would be nicotine and other compounds in cigarette smoke that cause mutations involved in lung cancer. Or organic compounds containing 5 or 6 carbon planar ring structures that intercalate (i.e., get stuck between) the bases in DNA and cause errors in DNA replication and error checking mechanisms.
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