Answer to Question #265761 in Genetics for kelly

Question

: Some vital information about a plasmid you need for cloning was lost to a Bunsen burner mishap. To create a new plasmid map, you digest your plasmid and get the following results. Draw a map of where the sites are on the circular plasmid (indicate position/distance from each other, and the size of the whole plasmid).

SalI : 10 kb

MspI: 10 kb

XbaI: 2.5 kb, 3.5kb and 4 kb

SalI and MspI: 4 kb and 6 kb

SalI and XbaI: 1 kb, 1.5 kb, 3.5 kb, and 4 kb

MspI and XbaI: 1kb, 2.5 kb, 3 kb, and 3.5 kb

Answer 1

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