A competent bacterial strain with genes a, b, and c is transformed by a donor bacterial fragment. Cotransformation frequencies for each gene pair are as follows: and
and
and Which conclusion can be definitively made from this data?
A) Cotransformation of b and c is so frequent, they must be one gene.
B) Gene b is closer to c than to a.
C) Gene a is closer to c than to b.
D) Gene order is a, b, then c.
E) Genes b and c are farthest apart.
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