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factors that can increase mutation rates are______ a. high temps b. low temps c. food additives d. UV rays

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Answer:

high temperatures, food additives and UV rays.

Explanation:

Factors that can increase mutation rates are high temperatures, food additives and UV rays.

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Factors that can increase mutation rates are UV rays.

Option D

Explanation:

The physical or chemical agent which damages the DNA and creates mutation are UV rays, gamma rays, and x rays. These rays damages the bonds between  the nucleotides specially between the thymine -thymine nucleotides resulting into thymine - thymine dimer. This mutations disrupts the processes like replication or transcription and can be corrected with the help of DNA repair mechanism of the cell.

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