In the course of a study on the effects of the mechanical shearing of DNA, Eugene Nester, A. T. Ganesan, and Joshua Lederberg studied the transfer, by transformation, of sheared DNA from a wild-type strain of Bacillus subtilis (his,* aroz" tyr2* aro, tyri aro,*) to strains of bacteria carrying a series of mutations (E. W. Nester, A. T. Ganesan, and J. Lederberg. 1963. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 49:61-68). They reported the following rates of cotransformation between his, and the other genes (expressed as cotransfer rate). Genes Rate of cotransfer his,* and aroz* 0.015 his,* and tyr2 0.10 his,* and aro," 0.12 his,* and tyr,* 0.23 his,* and aro," 0.05 On the basis of these data, which gene is farthest from his,*? Which gene is closest?

In the course of a study on the effects of the mechanical shearing of DNA, Eugene Nester, A. T. Ganesan, and Joshua Lederberg studied the transfer, by transformation, of sheared DNA from a wild-type strain of Bacillus subtilis (his,* aroz" tyr2* aro, tyri aro,) to strains of bacteria carrying a series of mutations (E. W. Nester, A. T. Ganesan, and J. Lederberg. 1963. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 49:61-68). They reported the following rates of cotransformation between his, and the other genes (expressed as cotransfer rate). Genes Rate of cotransfer his, and aroz* 0.015 his,* and tyr2 0.10 his,* and aro," 0.12 his,* and tyr,* 0.23 his,* and aro," 0.05 On the basis of these data, which gene is farthest from his,*? Which gene is closest?

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

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Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

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