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From: (John Chandler)
Subject: Re: [DNA] Radium in his shorts ...
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:07:49 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <003401c4f022$a8b05820$d836f204@ericpc> (ericbear@pcweb.net)


Eric wrote:
> Are mutations considered to only happen during meiosis? Or are they
> randomly occurring all the time as a result of background radiation? Or is
> it that most randomly occurring mutations are not passed on because no
> meiosis occurs? Or all three?

STR slippage is not understood in detail. Nobody knows whether radiation
increases the likelihood of slippages. Nobody even knows for sure that
slippage occurs during the DNA replication process, even though it is
commonly called "replication slippage."

John Chandler

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