Why Might a Laboratory Be Using Dideoxy Nucleotides

question 7

Multiple Choice

Why might a laboratory be using dideoxy nucleotides?

• A) to separate DNA fragments
• B) to clone the breakpoints of cut DNA
• C) to produce cDNA from mRNA
• D) to sequence a DNA fragment
• E) to visualize DNA expression

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