UV radiation from the sun increases the rate of spontaneous mutation in most organisms. In the original Lederberg experiment, what would have been a possible consequence of exposing the master plate to UV radiation? a. Replica plates exposed to antibiotics would have each shown a different pattern of colonies from each other.
b. There would be no consequences because all mutations in bacteria are random and spontaneous.
c. The number of surviving colonies on replica plates exposed to antibiotics would likely have decreased.
d. The number of surviving colonies on replica plates exposed to antibiotics likely would have increased.