Why was Haemophilus influenzae chosen by Craig Venter to test his whole-genome shotgun sequencing method?
What will be an ideal response?
1) It has a relatively small genome, but is large enough to serve as a model.
2) The G + C content was similar to humans so it was a good model for developing the method for humans.
3) It had no physical map, so if it worked it would prove the method worked.
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A. smallpox B. polio C. warts D. diabetes E. influenza
A mature walled ascus of an ascomycete usually contains
A. an egg and a sperm. B. eight diploid nuclei. C. eight haploid nuclei. D. a zygote. E. many multinucleate conidia.
Protists cause four of the following diseases. Which one is the exception?
A. Dysentery B. Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning C. Malaria D. AIDS E. Trichomonas infections of the reproductive tract
During the process of electrophoresis, the ________ functions like a molecular sieve, separating the samples according to their size
A) sample mixture B) positively charged electrode C) negatively charged electrode D) agarose gel