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1. Flow cytometry makes use of fluorescence to count microbes.

2. All eukaryotes are diploid.

3. A chemical is reported to inhibit bacterial replication. Bacterial cells are placed in medium with all nutrients necessary for replication. The chemical is added to the culture, and after a half hour an extract of the DNA is prepared. A significant percentage of the DNA is in pieces about 1000 to 2000 bases in length. The results are consistent with the chemical blocking the function of DNA ligase.


1. TRUE

2. FALSE

3. TRUE

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