Shown below are the complementation test results involving 4 independently isolated lethal mutants in a bacteriophage. Complementation was assayed by simultaneouly infecting bacteria with two phage strains, each with a different mutation, neither of which could alone lyse the cells. In the table below, a "+" indicates the strains complemented each other and therefore lysed open the bacteria. A "0" indicates no complementation and therefore no cell lysis occurred. Test pair Results 1___2___3___4 1,2 + 1 0 + + 0 1,3 + 2 0 + + 1,4 0 3 0 + 2,3 + 4 0 2,4 + 3,4 + Which mutants are in the same gene
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Shown below are the complementation test results involving 4 independently isolated lethal mutants in a bacteriophage. Complementation was assayed by simultaneouly infecting bacteria with two phage strains, each with a different mutation, neither of which could alone lyse the cells. In the table below, a "+" indicates the strains complemented each other and therefore lysed open the bacteria. A "0" indicates no complementation and therefore no cell lysis occurred.
Test pair Results 1___2___3___4
1,2 + 1 0 + + 0
1,3 + 2 0 + +
1,4 0 3 0 +
2,3 + 4 0
2,4 +
3,4 +
Which mutants are in the same gene?
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a. 2, & 3
b.1, 2, 3 & 4
c.1 & 4
d.1, 2 & 4
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