BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biotechnology: Principles and Processes

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1. The process by which separated bands of DNA are cut out from the agarose gel and extracted is .
2. Two cloning vectors are .
3. are used for linking foreign DNA and for selecting recombinants from non – recombinants.
4. Multiplication of identical copies of any template DNA is known as .
5. are the type of host cells suitable for the gene guns to introduce an alien DNA
6. The founders of rDNA technology are .
7. the microbe used for the construction of the first recombinant DNA is
8. the enzymes used for the isolation of DNA from bacterial and fungal cells for recombinant DNA technology are respectively .
9. is the technique used in the separation and isolation of DNA fragments to be used in recombinant DNA technology .
10. Biotechnologists refer to as a natural genetic engineer of plants .