What would be the likely mutation frequency for gene

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This question concerns three E. coli genes. Genes a and b eachencode polypeptides of 300 amino acids, while gene cencodes a polypeptide of 3,000 amino acids.

In trying to isolatemutations for each of these genes, I treated cells with a chemicalto introduce point mutations into the DNA; using this method anynucleotide in the genome has an equal probability of being mutated.I then screened for mutations in each gene. I found that one inevery 10,000 cells carried a mutation in gene a. Thus themutation frequency for gene a is 1 in 10,000.

a. Given this information,what would you estimate to be the mutation frequency for geneb?

b. What is the probability that a single bacterial cell would carry mutations inboth gene a and gene b?

c. What would be the likely mutation frequency for gene c?

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