39. An isolate of a mutant bacterium appears to grow more slowly than the wild-type popuiation from
(which it was isolated. Further studies showed that the slower growth was due to a markedly reduced
DNA polymerase I activity. From this information, one would expect that this organism would also be
deficient in the activity of DNA
(A) excision repair.
(B) recombination.
(C) transcription.
(D) translation.