Chapter 8: Biotechnology

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Question 1 · 8.1

A company wants to mass-produce a human protein. It places the human gene into a plasmid and inserts the plasmid into E. coli. Which statement best describes the resulting plasmid and why bacteria were a good choice of host?

A.It is a restriction fragment, because it was cut from the human chromosome; bacteria cannot copy plasmids.B.It is a hybridization probe, because it pairs with the human gene; bacteria are used because they are large cells.C.It is a cloned gene only if the bacteria do not make protein; bacteria are used because they avoid DNA ligase.D.It is recombinant DNA, because it contains DNA from two species; bacteria reproduce quickly and are cheap to keep.

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