A scientist fused a mouse cell and a human cell, then treated the cell with specific antibodies covalently linked to colored fluorescent dyes (antibodies to mouse proteins were labeled green; antibodies to human proteins were labeled red). Forty minutes later, what will the researcher observe?

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Forty minutes after the fusion of a mouse and a human cell, the membrane proteins, including those tagged with red and green fluorescent antibodies, will have had enough time to diffuse and mix throughout the membrane. This results in a uniform distribution of both red and green labels across the entire membrane of the fused cell.

A Scientist Fused a Mouse Cell and a Human Cell