In bacteria and eukaryotes, a mutation is when ________

A) the expression of a gene changes without the DNA sequence being changed
B) the nucleotide sequence in an mRNA molecule is directly changed
C) the amino acid sequence in a protein molecule is directly changed
D) DNA is unable to be replicated
E) the nucleotide sequence in a DNA molecule is directly changed


Answer: E

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