Imagine that 1 milliliter of an experimental drug diluted in a saline solution is injected into 20 pregnant mice to determine possible side effects. Which of the following is a suitable control for this experiment?

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The best control for this experiment would be a group of pregnant mice injected with the saline solution without the experimental drug. This would allow researchers to compare the side effects observed in the experimental group to those in the control group, which would not be affected by the drug. Option E is the only one that includes a pregnant group as a control, making it the best choice.

Imagine That 1 Milliliter of an Experimental Drug Diluted in a Saline