Which Would Be Considered Recombinant DNA

question 124

Multiple Choice

Which would be considered recombinant DNA?

• A) A DNA molecule that was synthesized in the laboratory from nucleotides
• B) A DNA molecule, constructed in the laboratory and derived from bacterial, cow, and yeast DNA
• C) The DNA in a butterfly that is the hybrid of two species that mated in the wild
• D) The DNA from two different bacterial strains that exchanged genes via horizontal transfer in a pond
• E) Slightly degraded DNA from a bat found in a cave

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