Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 39

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
A plasmid has genes that confer resistance to both ampicillin and tetracycline. Foreign DNA is inserted at a restriction enzyme recognition site that lies within the ampicillin gene.
-After host cells have been given the opportunity to take up the plasmid, which of the following types of cells should be the most rare?

• A) Bacteria with no plasmid and no foreign DNA
• B) Bacteria with the foreign DNA, but no plasmid
• C) Bacteria with the recombinant plasmid
• D) Bacteria with the nonrecombinant plasmid
• E) All types should appear with approximately the same frequency.

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