You Are Trying to Clone a Piece of DNA into a Plasmid

question 10

Multiple Choice

You are trying to clone a piece of DNA into a plasmid vector that exhibits blue-white selection.Following ligation and transformation,you plate the host cells onto several plates containing the appropriate selective media.The next day you examine the bacterial colonies that grew.Which of the following plates should you select to proceed with the analysis of possible transformants?

• A)3 white colonies,50 blue colonies
• B)97 white colonies,105 blue colonies
• C)43 white colonies,6 blue colonies
• D)238 blue colonies

Apply knowledge of voting paradoxes and strategic voting to real-world scenarios.

Evaluate the efficacy of various solutions to principal-agent problems, including monitoring and contract design.

Understand the concept of Arrow's impossibility theorem and its implications for social choice theory.

Recognize examples of common biases and errors in judgment and decision-making.

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Definitions:

Profit Margin

A financial ratio that shows the percentage of revenue that exceeds the costs of goods sold, indicating the profitability of a business.

Contra Account

An account used in the general ledger to reduce the value of a related account when the two are netted together.

Normal Balance

The side (debit or credit) of an account that is expected to have a positive balance.

Subtraction

A basic mathematical operation representing the difference between numbers or quantities.