Select all of the following statements that are true about mutations. A. A mutat

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Select all of the following statements that are true about mutations. A. A mutation in one gene can be dominant to a mutation in a second gene. B. A single mutation can have both dominant and recessive phenotypes. O C. A dominant mutation may exhibit the recessive wild-type phenotype due to incomplete penetrance. D. A dominant mutation may exhibit the recessive wild-type phenotype due to variable expressivity E. Epistasis is when the mutant phenotype of one gene masks the mutant phenotype of a second gene.

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Regarding mutations, the following statements are true,

A. A mutation in one gene can be dominant to a mutation in a second gene.

D. A dominant mutation may exhibit the recessive wild type phenotype due to variable expressivity.

E. Epistasis is when the mutant phenotype of one gene masks the mutant phenotype of a second gene.

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