Which of the Following Statements Concerning Mutations Is FALSE

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning mutations is FALSE?

• A)Mutations may have favorable, unfavorable, or neutral effects.
• B)In haploid organisms, the phenotype associated with a mutation is immediately exposed to the environment.
• C)In diploid organisms, a mutation in one homolog may have less effect than if it occurred in both homologs.
• D)Mutations provide the raw materials for evolutionary change.
• E)The mutation rate in eukaryotes is about one mutant gene at a given locus per 2000 cell divisions.

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