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Design an experiment that would allow you to determine if a particular nucleus in a Drosophila embryo is capable of directing development of an entire new fly.


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DNA Ligase

A substance that helps in the combination of DNA molecules by catalyzing a phosphodiester bond.

Cosmid Cloning Vectors

Hybrid plasmid-bacteriophage DNA vectors used in genetic engineering for cloning large DNA fragments.

Restriction Enzyme

A protein produced by bacteria that cleaves DNA at specific sites, widely used in molecular biology for DNA manipulation.

Reverse Transcriptase

An enzyme used by some viruses (including retroviruses like HIV) to transcribe their RNA into DNA, allowing them to integrate into the host genome.

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