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Enzyme A is required to produce red pigment on the abdomen of a bird. A biochemist...

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Enzyme A is required to produce red pigment on the abdomen of abird. A biochemist evaluated birds with red and pale (not red)abdomens and determined that a minimum of 50 units of Enzyme A isnecessary to obtain red pigmentation. A new mutation in the genethat produces Enzyme A, results in only 10 units of Enzyme A inbirds homozygous for the mutation. The mutation would be bestconsidered as\"

A: suppressor

B: null

C: co-dominant

D: gain of function

E: leaky

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Here from the above information the mutation cuses a decrease in the prodduction of the Enzyme A from 50 unit to 10 unit so the function of the Enzyme A reduced due to the mutation supressor    See Answer
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