BIOLOGY 2A03 Study Guide - Genetic Marker, Hydrolysis, Restriction Enzyme

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Dna cloning permits production of multiple copies of a specific gene or other dna. To study a particular gene, scientists needed to develop methods to isolate the small, well-defined portion of a chromosome containing the gene of interest. Techniques for gene cloning enable scientists to prepare multiple identical copies of gene-sized pieces of dna. One basic cloning technique begins with the insertion of a foreign gene into a bacterial plasmid. First, a foreign gene is inserted into a bacterial plasmid to produce a recombinant dna molecule. The plasmid is returned to a bacterial cell, producing a recombinant bacterium, which reproduces to form a clone of identical cells. Every time the bacterium reproduces, the recombinant plasmid is replicated as well. The bacterial clone will make the protein encoded by the foreign gene. The potential uses of cloned genes fall into two general categories. a.

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