Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 4

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
A cricket has a diploid genome of 1.2 billion base pairs.Assume that there are about 200,000 individuals in the population and that the mutation rate is one per 100 million base pairs.
-On average,how many new mutations will occur in an individual cricket?

• A) 0.002
• B) 1.2
• C) 2
• D) 12
• E) 2.4 million

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