5. Now it\'s time to practice analyzing our results. Look at this example gel wh

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5. Now it's time to practice analyzing our results. Look at this example gel where two students loaded their samples Each pair of samples (I-1 and W-1, I-2 and W-2) came from a single ant (ant 1 and ant 2); I stands for the Insect Bar Code primer, and W stands for the WSP primer. Assume each lane was loaded correctly. a. What does each band on the gel represent? (2 pt) b. Why are the bands at different positions? That is, why aren't they all in a straight line? (3 pts) c. Based on this gel, do you think either of the ants was infected with Wolbachia? Explain how you determined your answer.(5 pts)

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A) each band represent to which primer the DNA was related in its sequence

B) the bands are at different positioms because smaller fragments move faster while larger fragments move less in response to electric charge.

C) yes, the ants were infected with wolbachia. Because it has presence of 2 wolbachia strains I-1 and I-2 which is characteristic of wolbachia infection in ants.

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