Consider a Culture of 1,000 Cells

question 50

Multiple Choice

Consider a culture of 1,000 cells. Each cell divides once to yield a total of 2,000 cells. A measurement of the mutation rate in this culture would be based on the total number of

• A) 2,000 cells.
• B) genes in the bacterium.
• C) generations, which in this case is one.
• D) cell divisions, which is 1,000.
• E) mutations found in that culture.

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