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482 12 • Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics<br />

Figure 12.14<br />

(a) The process of agarose gel electrophoresis. (b) A researcher loading samples into a gel. (c) This photograph shows a<br />

completed electrophoresis run on an agarose gel. The DNA ladder is located in lanes 1 and 9. Seven samples are located in lanes 2 through<br />

8. The gel was stained with ethidium bromide and photographed under ultraviolet light. (credit a: modification of work by Magnus Manske;<br />

credit b: modification of work by U.S. Department of Agriculture; credit c: modification of work by James Jacob)<br />

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Analysis<br />

Restriction enzyme recognition sites are short (only a few nucleotides long), sequence-specific palindromes,<br />

and may be found throughout the genome. Thus, differences in DNA sequences in the genomes of individuals<br />

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