Recombinant DNA Technology

question 40

Multiple Choice

Recombinant DNA technology:

• A)will never be of economic importance.
• B)involves only changing genes in large mammals.
• C)randomly creates new genes from free nucleotides.
• D)is always dangerous and inevitably leads to mutations and mistakes.
• E)involves combining existing genes from different organisms.

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