E. coli cells usually have only one copy of the F plasmidper cell. You have isolated a cell in which a mutationincreases the copy number of F to three to four per cell.How could you distinguish between the possibility thatthe copy number change was due to a mutation in theF plasmid versus a mutation in a chromosomal gene?

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A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.