The Ames Test Is Used for Determining Whether a Particular

question 39

Multiple Choice

The Ames test is used for determining whether a particular chemical acts as a mutagen.It does this by selecting for:

• A)new His^- mutations in Escherichia coli.
• B)revertants of His^- mutations in Escherichia coli.
• C)new His^- mutations in Salmonella typhimurium.
• D)revertants of His^- mutations in Salmonella typhimurium.
• E)both revertants and new His^- mutations in Escherichia coli.

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Understand the basic structure and functions of viruses.

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