During bacterial conjugation, interrupted matings yielded the following information: leu 10 minutes, arg 8 minutes, str 15 minutes, and amp 12 minutes. Based on this information, the order of the genes, beginning at the origin, is

A) amp-arg-leu-str.
B) str-amp-leu-arg.
C) leu-arg-str-amp.
D) arg-amp-leu-str.
E) arg-leu-amp-str.


E) arg-leu-amp-str.

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