What is the outcome of spreading transformed cells on agar plates containing an antibiotic?

What is the outcome of spreading transformed cells on agar plates containing an antibiotic?
  1. Both transformed and untransformed cells will grow
  2. Only untransformed cells will grow
  3. Only transformed cells will grow
  4. Neither transformed nor untransformed cells will grow

Solution

If transformed cells are spread on agar plates containing an antibiotic, only the transformed cells will grow because they have the gene for resistance to the antibiotiC)

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