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Bacteria Were Grown for a Large Number of Generations in a Medium

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Bacteria were grown for a large number of generations in a medium containing the nitrogen isotope 15N. The bacteria were then allowed to go through two cell divisions in a medium containing the normal (and lighter) isotope 14N, after which the DNA of the bacteria was extracted and analysed. This extracted DNA (X) was compared to DNA (Y) extracted from bacteria that had always been grown in a medium containing 14N. You would expect that


A) all X would be denser than Y.
B) the density of X would be the same as Y.
C) half of X would have the same density as Y and half of X would be denser than Y.
D) X would be less dense than Y.
E) one-quarter of X would be more dense than Y, and the remainder would be the same as Y.

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