Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

But the project's overarching goal is to collect DNA from indigenous populations worldwide whose DNA could hold clues to our origins and global migration - and to do it fast, before whole populations die out and leave their ancestral homelands.

  1. overarching goal is to collect DNA from indigenous populations worldwide whose DNA could hold clues

  2. overarching goal is to collect, from indigenous populations worldwide, DNA that could hold clues

  3. goal is to collect DNA from indigenous populations worldwide whose DNA could hold clues

  4. goal is to collect, from indigenous populations worldwide, DNA that could hold clues

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence suffers from the error of redundancy: This option rephrases the sentence to obviate the repetitive use of DNA.