Chapter 09 - From DNA to Protein

Said another way, the probability of two events happening (assuming the two events are independent) is the product of the probability of each event. So the probability, P, that a base pair is both mutated and lies within the coding region = P (base pair is mutated) * P (base pair is in coding region) = (175/6.5 billion) * (0.03) = 7.7 x 10 ................
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