Which one of the following option (s) would be a good explanation for why nonhom

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Which one of the following option (s) would be a good explanation for why nonhomologous

end joining (NHEJ) is more frequent in eukaryotes (compared to bacteria)?

a. Bacteria replicate frequently [doubling time in some is 20 minutes!] and so can

use recombination repair to repair most double-strand breaks.

b. The period of time between DNA synthesis events in eukaryotes is normally

longer than that of bacteria so double-strand breaks occurring outside of the

synthesis period require NHEJ.

c. NHEJ is a mutagenic process that is probably tolerated better in larger genomes.

d. All of the choices given would be good explanations

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Q: Which one of the following option (s) would be a good explanation for why nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) is more frequent in eukaryotes (compared to bacteria)?

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