What Did Beadle and Tatum Use to Generate Mutations in Their

question 14

Multiple Choice

What did Beadle and Tatum use to generate mutations in their experimental organism?

• A)mustard gas
• B)irradiation with ultraviolet light
• C)fluorescent dyes
• D)ethidium bromide
• E)Coomassie blue

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