TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 5292


A transformation experiment is performed with a donor strain that is resistant to four drugs: W, X, Y, and Z. The recipient is sensitive to all four drugs. The treated recipient population is divided up and plated on media containing various combinations of the drugs. The table below shows the results:

Drug(s) added

Number of Colonies

None

20,000

WX

76

WY

1324

WZ

1976

XY

85

XZ

69

YZ

1564

WXY

50

WXZ

62

WYZ

1354

XYZ

48

WXYZ

53

Following observation are given

A) X gene is obviously quite distant from the other three genes

B) Y gene is obviously quite distant from the other three genes

C) The Order is three closely link gene W Z Y

D) The Order is three closely link gene W X Z

Which of the following combination is correct?

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
  1. A and D          

  2. B and D       

  3. B and C         

  4. A and C