Using which of the following techniques would enable your lab group to distinguish between a cell in G₂ and a cell from the same organism in G₁?
A)fluorescence microscopy
B)electron microscopy
C)spectrophotometry
D)radioactive-labelled nucleotides
E)labelled kinetochore proteins

Question

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Radioactive-labelled nucleotides can be used to measure DNA synthesis. Cells in G₂ have completed DNA replication and have twice the DNA content compared to cells in G₁, which have not yet replicated their DNA.

Using Which of the Following Techniques Would Enable Your Lab