A Researcher Follows the Mutation Rates in the Nematode Caenorhabditis

question 13

Multiple Choice

A researcher follows the mutation rates in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans in five different tissue types across 300 generations. One would expect mutation rates across the different tissue types to be

• A) equal.
• B) approximately equal.
• C) different.
• D) neutral with respect to fitness.

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