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aliina [53]
4 years ago
5

What might happen if one of the nucleotides were damaged or chemically altered just before the copying process

Biology
1 answer:
Veseljchak [2.6K]4 years ago
7 0

Answer:

reacting with nitrogen and oxygen atoms in DNA, these compounds modify certain nucleotides so as to distort the normal pattern of base pairing. If these modified nucleotides were not repaired, they would allow an incorrect nucleotide to be incorporated during replication.

Explanation:

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