In Seymour Benzer's studies, if he mixed two RII phage together (co-infection studies in K12 ) and the resulting phage always failed to lyse K12 ________

A) the two mutants were in different cistrons
B) the two mutants were in the same cistron
C) the two mutants complemented each other
D) the two mutants failed to infect bacteria
E) the two mutants represented mutations in both A and B


Answer: B

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