
iGenetics 3rd Edition by Peter Russell
Edition 3ISBN: 978-0321569769
iGenetics 3rd Edition by Peter Russell
Edition 3ISBN: 978-0321569769 Exercise 3
In the key transformation experiment performed by Griffith, mice were injected with living IIR bacteria mixed with heat-killed IIIS bacteria.
a. What type of bacteria were recovered?
b. What result would you expect if living IIIR bacteria had been mixed with heat-killed IIS bacteria?
c. Explain why, for Griffith to interpret his results as evidence of transformation, it was necessary for him to mix living IIR bacteria with dead IIIS bacteria and not with dead IIS bacteria.
a. What type of bacteria were recovered?
b. What result would you expect if living IIIR bacteria had been mixed with heat-killed IIS bacteria?
c. Explain why, for Griffith to interpret his results as evidence of transformation, it was necessary for him to mix living IIR bacteria with dead IIIS bacteria and not with dead IIS bacteria.
Explanation
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