Using which of the following techniques would enable your lab group to distinguish between a cell in G₂ and a cell from the same organism in G₁?
A) fluorescence microscopy
B) electron microscopy
C) spectrophotometry
D) radioactive-labeled nucleotides
E) labeled kinetochore proteins

Question

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Radioactive-labeled nucleotides can be used to measure DNA synthesis. Cells in G₂ have completed DNA replication and have twice the DNA content compared to cells in G₁, which have not yet replicated their DNA.

Using Which of the Following Techniques Would Enable Your Lab