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Suppose an experimenter becomes proficient with a technique that allows her to move DNA sequences within a prokaryotic genome. If she moves the promoter for the lac operon to the region between the beta galactosidase gene and the permease gene, which of the following would be likely?

A) Three structural genes will no longer be expressed.
B) The operon will no longer be inducible.
C) The cell will continue to metabolize but more slowly.
D) RNA polymerase will no longer transcribe permease.
E) Beta galactosidase will be produced.

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The answer is C will continue to metabolize
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