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An attribute of growth behavior of eight bacteriophage mutants (
a. How many genes are represented by these mutations?
b. Identify the mutants of each gene.
c. In each coinfection above that is identified as a failure to complement (−), researchers see evidence of recombination producing wild-type growth. How do the researchers distinguish between wild-type growth resulting from complementation and wild-type growth that is due to recombination?
d. A new mutation, designated
e. New mutation
f. Gene mapping information identifies mutations
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