By chance, an IS1 element has inserted near an IS2 element in the E. coli chromosome. The

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By chance, an IS1 element has inserted near an IS2 element in the E. coli chromosome. The gene between them, sug+, confers the ability to metabolize certain sugars. Will the unit IS1 sug+ IS2 behave as a composite transposon?
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Principles of Genetics

ISBN: 978-1119142287

7th edition

Authors: D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons

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