DNA polymerase, before any proofreading by repair enzymes, makes one mistake for about every

A) 10,000 to 1 million base pairs.
B) 100 million to 10 billion base pairs.
C) 1 million to 10 million base pairs.
D) 1 to 100 base pairs.
E) 100 to 1,000 base pairs.


A

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