alleryMaking multiple identical copies of a specific piece of DNA by linking it to an ori is termed
ATranscription
BReplication of the host genome
CCloning
DTransformation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Cloning
1. Cloning in the molecular-biology sense means producing many identical copies of a DNA template.
2. The alien DNA must be linked to an origin of replication or integrated into a chromosome.
3. Cohen and Boyer's work "cloned" an antibiotic-resistance gene in E. coli by 1972.
4. Transformation refers to entry of DNA into a host; transcription is DNA → RNA.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 9 "Biotechnology: Principles and Processes", §9.1_
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