Question 11

(Multiple Choice)

Assume that a cosmid will carry inserts of about 50 kb and that cosmids are used to clone a 3 Mb (megabase)genome.Assuming you are particularly lucky and have no duplication in your library,what is the smallest number of cosmid clones you would need for a "complete" genomic library?


A)3000 clones
B)600 clones
C)300 clones
D)60 clones
E)30 clones

Answer