A researcher wants to mutagenize an organism. He is not in need of a large number of mutants but is more concerned with being able to find and then to amplify the mutated sequence. Which of the following would therefore be more useful?

A) ionizing radiation
B) UV radiation
C) transposon insertion
D) a chemical mutagen
E) search for spontaneous mutant


C

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