Question

In an experiment, a scientist makes a radioactively labeled probe using yeast dna. she then discovers that the probe hybridizes to a small segment of dna isolated from a fruit fly. what can she conclude from her results?

a. the fruit fly recently ate yeast for dinner.

b. a fruit fly might share at least one gene with a yeast cell.

c. a fruit fly accidentally wandered into the test tube containing the probe.

d. the scientist is unlikely to become a tenured professor at her university.

Answer 1

B) A fruit fly might share at least one gene with a yeast cell.

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