Biological Science (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780321976499
Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Emily Taylor, Greg Podgorski, Jeff Carmichael
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 26, Problem 5TYU
What has metagenomic analysis allowed researchers to do for the first time?
a. sample organisms from an environment and grow them under defined conditions in the lab
b. isolate organisms from an environment and sequence their entire genome
c. study organisms that cannot be cultured (grown in the lab)
d. identify important morphological differences among species
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