E. coli has only $4.6 \times 10^{6}$ base pairs and completes the process of replication within 18 minutes; then the average rate of polymerisation is approximately

  • [NEET 2020]
  • A

    $1000$ base pairs/second

  • B

    $2000$ base pairs/second

  • C

    $3000$ base pairs/second

  • D

    $4000$ base pairs/second

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