Three newborn babies have been separated from their parents. You need to make su

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Three newborn babies have been separated from their parents. You need to make sure that each child is reunited with the proper set of parents. The data below was gathered by amplifying two VNTR loci in each baby and the possible parents. Fragments were then separated using gel electrophoresis. Assume that each parent couple had only one of the babies.

Match the babies with the proper parents.

Baby 1-

Baby 2-

Baby 3-

VNTR Locus 1 Baby 1 Baby 2 Baby 3 Amy AlecBrendaBill Cindy Carl VNTR Locus 2 Baby1 Baby 2 Baby 3Amy Alec Brenda Alec Brenda Bil Cindy Carl

Explanation / Answer

VENTR ARE VARIABLE TANDEM REPEATS , VERY SIMILAR TO BETWEEN CLOSLY RELATED SPECIES , BUT THESE CANNOT MATCH WITH UNVARIABLE SPECIES , THEY FORM TWO BANDS ONE IS SHORT BAND AND ANOTHER BELONG TO LONG FRAGMENTS

BABY 1 - parents are bill and carl , as the VENTR LOCI 1 LAST BAND AND VENTR 2 FIRST BAND ARE SEPERATED THROUGH THE GEL ELCTROPHORESIS GIVING SAME BAND

BABY 2 - parents are AMY AND BRENDA AS THE VENTR loci 1 first band of baby 2 corresponds to amy and bill as they have seperated at same level , and second band of baby 2,VENTR loci 2 SEPERATED AT THE SAME LEVEL

BABY 3 - parents are alec and cindy as the VENTR LOCI 1 SECOND BAND ,AND VENTR LOCI BAND 1 CORRESPONDS TO ALEC AND SECOND BAND BELONG TO CINDY

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