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One E.coli bacterium contains a hybrid DNA with one heavy N15\mathrm{N}^{15} strand and one light N14\mathrm{N}^{14} strand. It was allowed to replicate for 3 hours in a medium containing N15\mathrm{N}^{15}. What proportion of E.coli which will neither float nor sink in the test tube on ultra-centrifugation with CsCl\mathrm{CsCl} ?
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Correct option: B
one out of 292^9
Option B (one out of 292^9) is correct because after 3 hours (9 generations), there will be 292^9 bacteria, and only the original hybrid DNA will remain hybrid, while all others will be 15N^{15}N DNA.

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