A Potential Danger of a Mutation to an Organism Is

question 30

Multiple Choice

A potential danger of a mutation to an organism is that

• A) it can affect codons within the spacer DNA.
• B) all mutations are fatal.
• C) it can cause a change in the function of a gene's protein product.
• D) it can increase the length of the introns of that organism's genome.

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