A bacterial cell undergoes binary fission. One of the daughter cells is normal, but the other has a mutation in the FtsZ protein, rendering the protein nonfunctional. After 4 additional generations, how many total progeny cells do you expect there to be?

A. 5
B. 16
C. 17
D. 32
E. 33


C. 17

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