The base analog 5-bromouracil can tautomerize.One tautomer behaves like thymine and the other behaves like cytosine.If 5-bromouracil is used as a mutagen, what is the minimum number of times replication must occur to mutate the codon for proline (CCC) into the codon for alanine (GCC) ?
A) one generation
B) two generations
C) three generations
D) 5-bromouracil cannot induce this mutation
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