A mutagenic agent is any chemical, physical or biological compost that can induce a mutation in the cell's DNA, making this mutation pass to the next generation.
Mutagenic agents are widely used in the fields of biotechnology, genetic engineering, medicine and agroindustry. This is because these agents have helped in the advancement and development of new technological tools.
In genetic research some bacteria and viruses are used by agribusiness companies to obtain transgenic beings. These mutagenic (biological) agents act as vectors of laboratory-created genes that will insert these genes into an organism to be modified. It could be, for example, a gene that will improve maize resistance against a pest. Thanks to mutagenic agents, this genetic information can be passed on to the organism, in this case, the plant.
It might knock the old theory away completely because all of the new knowledge doesn't support the theory or it could change it because some of the new information supports the old stuff.
The correct option is C.
Science is a dynamic subject and it changes all the time. In the science field, research is always on going and when new evidence are discovered about a particular topic, the new evidence are usually used to update the scientific information that is already on ground. All the areas of science listed about have enjoyed scientific updates in the recent past.
The answer to this question is D
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The answer is; deletion mutation
This type of mutation mostly causes a phenomenon called frameshift mutation whereby the 3-codon sequence reading frame is shifted causing the amino acids translated, downstream of the deletion site, to be altered. This can gravely affect the function of the translated proteins and result in genetic disease.