Recall the Bartel lab group experiment to create a ribozyme from scratch.If they had created exact copies of each ribozyme (rather than creating copies with a few differences),what would have been the most likely result?
A)The ribozymes would have become more efficient with each round of selection.
B)The ribozymes would have stayed the same with each round of selection.
C)The ribozymes would have become less efficient with each round of selection.
D)The ribozymes would have stopped catalyzing reactions after just a few rounds of selection.

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If exact copies of each ribozyme were created, there would not be any room for variability or mutations. Therefore, the ribozymes would stay the same with each round of selection, as there would not be any natural selection occurring due to changes in the ribozymes.

Recall the Bartel Lab Group Experiment to Create a Ribozyme