Mutations that completely abolish the function of a wild-type allele are

A) null mutations.
B) hypomorphic mutations.
C) hypermorphic mutations.
D) conditional mutations.
E) neomorphic mutations.


A) null mutations.

Mutations that completely abolish the function of a wild-type allele are null mutations.

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