It was shown that the pan marker entered last in interrupted conjugation experiments. By spreading the bacteria from these experiments on different selection media, the following results (in number of colonies) were obtained: MM + Gluc MM + Gluc + ala MM + Gluc + thi MM + Gluc + thi + ala 280 281 286 339 ive the number of each phenotypic class and justify your answer. Determine the -der of the genes. What are the genetic distances between the different loci? Abbreviations:

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The following two strains of E. coli are crossed with each other:
Hfr pan* thi* ala* and F¯pan¯ thi¯ ala¯
It was shown that the pan marker entered last in interrupted conjugation experiments. By
spreading the bacteria from these experiments on different selection media, the following
results (in number of colonies) were obtained:
MM + Gluc
IM + Gluc + ala
MM + Gluc + thi
MM + Gluc + thi + ala
280
281
286
339
Give the number of each phenotypic class and justify your answer. Determine the
order of the genes.
What are the genetic distances between the different loci? Abbreviations:
Gluc: glucose; Ala: alanine; Thi: thiamine; Pan: pantothenic acid.
Transcribed Image Text:The following two strains of E. coli are crossed with each other: Hfr pan* thi* ala* and F¯pan¯ thi¯ ala¯ It was shown that the pan marker entered last in interrupted conjugation experiments. By spreading the bacteria from these experiments on different selection media, the following results (in number of colonies) were obtained: MM + Gluc IM + Gluc + ala MM + Gluc + thi MM + Gluc + thi + ala 280 281 286 339 Give the number of each phenotypic class and justify your answer. Determine the order of the genes. What are the genetic distances between the different loci? Abbreviations: Gluc: glucose; Ala: alanine; Thi: thiamine; Pan: pantothenic acid.
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