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Assertion : Mustard gas acts as a mutagen
It transfers aklayl groups to the bases in DNA.

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If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reasons is a correct explanation of the assertion

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If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

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If the assertion is true but the reson is false

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If both the assertion and reason are false

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the first chemical mutagen discovered was mustard gas. C. Auerbach and her associates first discovered the mutagenic effects of mustard gs and related compounds during World war II. These compounds are examples of a large class of chemical mutagens that transfer alky `(CH_(3)^(-),CH_(3),CH_(2)^(-)"etc".)` groups to the bases in DNA thus are called alkylating agents.
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