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Which of the following mismatches will be ignored by MMR?(a) A—C(b) T—T(c) G—T(d) C—CThe question was asked in homework.The above asked question is from Repair of DNA Damage: MMR, BER topic in division DNA Mutation, DNA Repair, Transposable Elements of Cytogenetics

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The CORRECT ANSWER is (d) C—C

Explanation: It has been OBSERVED that although MMR can effectively detect and repair most of the mismatches like T—T, A—C, G—T, A—Aetc, it can’t detect C—C, this may be due to c—C causing LESS distortion in the DNA.



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