If DNA Is Like an Instruction Manual, What Would Be

question 13

Multiple Choice

If DNA is like an instruction manual, what would be similar to the typographical errors that may result when the DNA manual is transcribed?

• A) dominant alleles
• B) recessive alleles
• C) mutations
• D) homologous chromosomes

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