LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Small supplemental circles of DNA that can be exchanged between bacteria or imported from the environment are called
A
Restriction enzyme
B
Cloning
C
Plasmid
D
RNA
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plasmids are self replicating circular pieces of DNA, smaller than the bacterial genome, which encode their transfer by replication into another bacterial strain or species.

Detailed explanation-2: -At their most basic level, plasmids are small circular pieces of DNA that replicate independently from the host’s chromosomal DNA.

Detailed explanation-3: -The bacterial chromosome is a circular molecule of DNA that functions as a self-replicating genetic element (replicon).

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