Monday, April 13, 2009

Recombinant DNA technology

Recombinant DNA technology is the catchall phrase that covers most of the
methods geneticists use to examine DNA in the lab. The word recombinant is
used because DNA from the organism being studied is often popped into a
virus or bacteria (that is, it’s recombined with DNA from a different source)
to allow further study. Recombinant DNA is also used for a vast number of
other applications, including creating genetically engineered organisms

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