What Is Learned from the Size of Restriction Fragments as Determined

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Multiple Choice

What is learned from the size of restriction fragments as determined by migration speed in gel electrophoresis?

• A) The specificity of the restriction enzyme
• B) The distance between restriction enzyme recognition sites
• C) The rate of digestion of the enzyme
• D) The number of restriction sites in the DNA

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Definitions:

Histogram

A graphical representation of data that groups numbers into ranges, showing the frequency of data within each range via bars.

Trimmed Mean

A method of averaging that removes a specified percentage of the largest and smallest values before calculating the mean, often used to reduce the effect of outliers.

Bootstrap Standard Error

A measure of the variability or dispersion of a statistic's sampling distribution, estimated using the bootstrap resampling method.

Critical Value

A threshold value in hypothesis testing that defines the boundary of the rejection region; values beyond this indicate statistical significance.