Five sample bags of rice seed arrive at a lab that includes both GMO blight-resistant rice and

rice that does not have the disease-resistant gene. Assuming the scientist has a known sample
of the blight-resistant rice, how might she determine bags contain additional samples of this
rice strain?



a. by using a DNA profile
b. by developing a genetic marker
c. by inserting the gene into a plasmid
d. by extracting stem cells


A

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