Consider the following results.When 50 million sperms were examined for a specific mutation,100 mutations were found.Indicate the mutation rate for that gene.

Name: Consider the following results.When 50 million sperms were examined for a specific mutation,100 mutations were found.Indicate the mutation rate for that gene.
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The mutation rate is the number of mutations divided by the number of sperm examined. In this case, it would be 100/50,000,000 which simplifies to 2x10^-6, which matches option C.

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