NEET Biology question

An antibiotic resistance gene in a vector usually helps in the selection of:

(A)Competent cells
(B)Transformed cellsCorrect
(C)Recombinant cells
(D)None of these

Answer: (B)

Solution

Competence refers to a cell's general ability to take up DNA regardless of whether it actually did, and distinguishing recombinant from non-recombinant transformants requires a separate strategy (such as

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