An Advantage of YACs Over Other Vectors in Cloning Human

question 22

Multiple Choice

An advantage of YACs over other vectors in cloning human genes is that they ____.

• A) are taken up more readily by recipient cells
• B) have a higher capacity for carrying long DNA fragments
• C) are less likely to trigger cell rejection
• D) resemble a human chromosome more closely than do other vectors
• E) carry long regions of human-like DNA

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