Question 6

(Multiple Choice)

Use the following to answer questions :
A cricket has a diploid genome of 1.2 billion base pairs.Assume that there are about 200,000 individuals in the population and that the mutation rate is one per 100 million base pairs.
-About how many new mutations will occur in each generation of the population of crickets?


A) 1.2
B) 12
C) 200,000
D) 1 million
E) 2.4 million

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