Why don't the spontaneous deleterious mutations that occur in an individual
e. coli cause downward drops in fitness in this population? see section 23.6 ( page 475) ?

answer: carbon 14 can only be used to determine the age of the organisms that were once living, and igneous rocks are non living.

explanation:

carbon 14 dating is used to determine the age of the sample by estimating the amount of carbon 14 present in the sample and then comparing it with a reference standard.carbon 14 is a isotope of carbon which is radioactive and unstable. carbon 14 is assimilated by all plants and animals throughout their life from carbon dioxide. however, one the organisms die they stop this assimilation and the carbon 14 content starts to decrease.by knowing how much of carbon 14 is left in an organism after his death, one can estimate the age of the organism. the materials whose age can be estimated by carbon 14 method are the organic compounds. however, some inorganic compounds such as aragonite   shell can also be dated.however, if we consider the igneous rocks it is a non living component which never accumulated carbon 14 in it and thus, we cannot use carbon 14 dating method to estimate its age.

The main role of dna in the  cell is the long-term storage of information. it is often compared to a blueprint, since it contains the instructions to construct other components of the  cell, such as  proteins  and rna molecules.the main function of rna is to carry information of amino acid sequence from the genes to where  proteins  are assembled on  ribosomes  in the  cytoplasm. mark brainliest, my work is good.