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Chapter 14, Problem 20RQ
A scientist creates fruit fly larvae with a mutation that eliminates the exonuclease function of DNA pol III. Which prediction about the mutational load in the adult fruit flies is most likely to be correct?
- The adults with the DNA pol III mutation will have significantly more mutations than average
- The adults with the DNA pol III mutation will have slightly more mutations than average
- The adults with the DNA pol III mutation will have the same number of mutations as average
- The adults with the DNA pol III mutation will have fewer mutations than average.
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Biology 2e
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