A cricket has a diploid genome of 1.2 billion base pairs. Assume that there are about 200,000 individuals in the population and that the mutation rate is one per 100 million base pairs. About how many new mutations will occur in each generation of the population of crickets?

A. 1.2

B. 12

C. 200,000

D. 1 million

E. 2.4 mllion