Making multiple identical copies of a specific piece of DNA by linking…

Question

Making multiple identical copies of a specific piece of DNA by linking it to an ori is termed

Accepted Answer

C. {'text': 'Cloning', 'label': 'C'}

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: NCERT Class 12 Biology, Ch 9 "Biotechnology: Principles and Processes", §9.1_

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{'text': 'Transcription', 'label': 'A'}

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{'text': 'Replication of the host genome', 'label': 'B'}

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{'text': 'Transformation', 'label': 'D'}