Which of the following is a reason that the low error rate of DNA replication is important to evolution?
A) Replication with a high error rate is likely to kill the cell.
B) Fixing replication errors provides a cellular role for mismatch repair enzymes.
C) Rare errors are the source of variation.
D) Most mutations have no effect on phenotype.

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Rare errors in DNA replication introduce genetic variation, which is essential for evolution as it provides the raw material upon which natural selection can act.

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