Question

one reason mutations are so problematic is that bacterial cells have no ability to repair a mutation once it has occurred.

true or false

true
false

Explanation:

Analyze the statement regarding bacterial DNA repair

Bacterial cells possess multiple highly efficient mechanisms to repair damaged DNA and mutations, including photoreactivation (via DNA photolyase), excision repair (such as nucleotide excision repair and base excision repair), mismatch repair, and the SOS response. Therefore, the statement that they have "no ability to repair a mutation once it has occurred" is false.

Answer:

• True
• False (Correct answer)