A Team of Biologists Collects Samples from a Stream

question 7

Multiple Choice

A team of biologists collects samples from a stream.Using PCR and other techniques, they amplify numerous DNA sequences.In doing so, they discover many new bacterial species.These biologists are working in the field of

• A) metagenomics.
• B) functional genomics.
• C) comparative genomics.
• D) relational genomics.
• E) proteomics.

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