Recall the Bartel Lab Group Experiment to Create a Ribozyme

question 3

Multiple Choice

Recall the Bartel lab group experiment to create a ribozyme from scratch.If they had created exact copies of each ribozyme (rather than creating copies with a few differences) ,what would have been the most likely result?

• A)The ribozymes would have become more efficient with each round of selection.
• B)The ribozymes would have stayed the same with each round of selection.
• C)The ribozymes would have become less efficient with each round of selection.
• D)The ribozymes would have stopped catalyzing reactions after just a few rounds of selection.

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