In the First Step of Their Experiments, Jacob and Monod

question 27

Multiple Choice

In the first step of their experiments, Jacob and Monod treated E. coli cells with UV light or X- rays in order to

• A) decrease the number of viable cells.
• B) increase the frequency of mutations in all genes.
• C) selectively mutate the lac operon, leaving all other genes unmutated.
• D) induce DNA repair enzymes.

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