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minus-square janNatan ( @janNatan@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months agoWait wait. What would happen if a long half-strand of DNA tried to pair with another but there was one letter wrong in the middle?
minus-square IrritableOcelot ( @IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoSomething called a “lesion” around a base mismatch, basically a bubble in the strand pairing. It can introduce kinks in the helix, and generally is the result of mutation in one strand.
Wait wait. What would happen if a long half-strand of DNA tried to pair with another but there was one letter wrong in the middle?
Something called a “lesion” around a base mismatch, basically a bubble in the strand pairing. It can introduce kinks in the helix, and generally is the result of mutation in one strand.