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What is it called when a mistake is made when replicating DNA?

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DNA polymerase proofreading

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Proofreading by DNA polymerase corrects errors during replication. Some errors are not corrected during replication, but are instead corrected after replication is completed; this type of repair is known as mismatch repair.

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