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Induced Mutations
17. Mutation, Repair, and Recombination / Induced Mutations / Problem 3

The auxotrophic selection method is a genetic research technique used to select and isolate cells with a specific genetic mutation by growing mutant cells on a medium that lacks an essential nutrient that the mutant cells cannot produce. Can you identify the colonies that are his⁻, arg⁻, leu⁻ using this method?

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