Which of the following types of DNA damage or distortion would be most likely to lead to an insertion or deletion during replication, resulting in a frameshift mutation?
W) Depurination
X) Alkylation [al-kuh-LAY-shuhn]
Y) Tautomerization [taw-TOM-uh-ri-ZAY-shuhn]
Z) Intercalation
✔️Answer:Z) INTERCALATION
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