A strain of an organism with an increased mutation rate is known as a(n)
A) adaptive mutagen strain.
B) hypermutable or mutator strain.
C) encoded dnaQ system.
D) phenotypic variation.

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A hypermutable or mutator strain is a strain of an organism with an increased mutation rate. Option A is not a recognized term, Option C refers to a bacterial DNA editing system, and Option D describes a general concept rather than a specific strain.

A Strain of an Organism with an Increased Mutation Rate