Multiple Choice
Which type of mutation converts a nucleotide to an alternative structure with the same composition but a slightly different placement of rare, less stable hydrogen bonds that cause base-pair mismatch?
A) depurination
B) deamination
C) tautomeric shift
D) transition
E) transversion
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