In the syntenic dot plot of E. coli K-12 strains A and B, there is a single circled dot in the lower right corner of the plot. How do you interpret the position of this dot in terms of the gene orders of the two strains?

What will be an ideal response?


ANS:
This indicates that a gene toward the end of the chromosome in strain A is found near the beginning of the chromosome in strain B.

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a. 1 going to 2
b. 2 going to 3
c. 3 going to 4
d. 4 going to 1
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a. true b. false

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