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In a medium where lactose is the only carbon source, transcription of the lac operon is _______, because lac repressor is ________ to the ________.

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Option c. unblocked, not bound, operator is the correct option.

In a medium where lactose is the only carbon source, transcription of the lac operon is _unblocked_, because lac repressor is _not bound_ to the _operator_.

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