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Ozonolysis of Alkynes

Chemical muta...

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Chemical mutagen EMS belong to category of
Acridine dyes

Alkylating agent

Base analogue

Nitrous acid

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The answer is 2. Alkylating agents.

EMS can react with nucleophilic sites on DNA and can cause mutation by guanine alkylation.

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