How would you change the bacteria’s environment-the plate they
are growing on to best tell if they are ampicillin resistant?
Very often an organism’s traits are caused by a combination of
its genes and its environment. Think about the green color you saw
in the genetically transformed bacteria: a. Why do jellyfish
produce fluorescent proteins -ie.: how are they useful to
jellyfish? Can you think of ways these GFPs could be useful in
scientific research?
b. What advantage would there be for an organism to be able to
turn on or off particular genes in response to certain
conditions?