NEET 2010 Biology question

DNA or RNA segment tagged with a radioactive molecule is called

(1)ProbeCorrect
(2)Clone
(3)Plasmid
(4)Vector

Answer: (1)

Solution

A probe is a single-stranded DNA or RNA segment tagged with a radioactive (or fluorescent) molecule, which hybridises with its complementary sequence in a sample (as in Southern/Northern blotting and in situ hybridisation) so that the sequence can be detected by

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