Academic Integrity: tutoring, explanations, and feedback — we don’t complete graded work or submit on a student’s behalf.

Consider the following bacterial transformation experiment: DNA is taken from th

ID: 322644 • Letter: C

Question

Consider the following bacterial transformation experiment: DNA is taken from the donor strain and mixed with the recipient strain. Cells are selected for (a+). These cells are then tested to determine if they are (b+) or (c+). The results are shown below:

donor: a+ b+ c+

recipient: a- b- c-

selected marker: a+

What is the order of the genes?

Question 17 options:

c - a - b

a - c - b

a - b - c

The data are insufficient to determine the order of the genes.

# of colonies:    a+ b+ c+ 15 a+ b- c- 60 a+ b+ c- 35 a+ b- c+ 25

Explanation / Answer

Ans:

The data is not sufficient to answer this question.

However, the propable answer is a-c-b

Because, the marker used here is a+ and the number of colonies with a+ and c- are more so. the order of the gene may be a-c-b

Hire Me For All Your Tutoring Needs
Integrity-first tutoring: clear explanations, guidance, and feedback.
Drop an Email at
drjack9650@gmail.com
Chat Now And Get Quote