The Ames test is useful as a rapid screening test to identify those compounds that

A. will respond to chemical agents.
B. are mutagens.
C. respond to the deletion of DNases.
D. will protect an organism from cancer.
E. will respond to chemical agents AND will protect an organism from cancer.


B

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