Michelle has a clone of the DNA of a newly discovered virus. She wants to identify which specific cells of an organ are infected by the virus. What method would be the most useful to answer this question?

A. Sanger sequencing of the clone
B. real time PCR
C. FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization)
D. restriction fragment analysis
E. microinjection of the gene fragment


Answer: C

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