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📅 2023 MIT Science Bowl High School Invitational🎓 HS🔄 Round 12#️⃣ Question 6 TOSS UP✍️ Short Answer

A 40 kilobase plasmid is numbered from 0 to 40 kilobases starting at the origin of replication. Restriction enzyme X cleaves the plasmid at 10 and 30 kilobases. Restriction enzyme Y cleaves the plasmid at 20 kilobases. How many bands would show if a solution containing plasmids digested using restriction enzymes X and Y is run through gel electrophoresis?

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