Mutations are usually rare, because
A. ligases serve to conduct "quality control" checks in order to repair mutations.
B. Okazaki fragments are removed whenever detected by the ligase enzyme.
C. DNA polymerase quickly corrects mismatched nucleotide base pairs.
D. DNA helicase corrects the mismatched nucleotide base pairs.
E. transcription, after replication, will normally detect and fix mutations.
C. DNA polymerase quickly corrects mismatched nucleotide base pairs.
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