If You Knew the Sequence of a Gene in One

question 61

Multiple Choice

If you knew the sequence of a gene in one organism, how could you determine if another organism had a similar gene?

• A)treat the genomes of both organisms with the same restriction enzyme and compare the patterns of the bands produced with gel electrophoresis
• B)insert the known gene into a vector and use the vector to insert the known gene into the other organism
• C)create labeled DNA probes from the known gene and use them to search the genome of the other organism
• D)create a hybrid of the two organisms by breeding them and check for mutations