If the required gene has been isolated by shotgun approach, care must be taken to:

1.  cut the plasmid with a different restriction enzyme than that used to obtain the donor gene
2.  cut the plasmid with the same restriction enzyme that was used to obtain the donor gene
3.  avoid cutting the plasmid
4.  cut the plasmid with two different restriction enzymes
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A foreign DNA was introduced at a cloning site within the gene for beta-galactosidase in a plasmid of a bacterium. The bacterium containing this rDNA was plated on a medium containing X-gal. They were distinguished by the fact that they remained white. This method should be called as:

1.  selection 2.  screening
3.  transformation 4.  transduction
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An antibiotic resistance gene in a vector usually helps in the selection of:

1. Competent bacterial cells

2. Transformed bacterial cells

3. Recombinant bacterial cells

4. None of the above

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Consider the two statements:

I:  It is beneficial to have a multiple cloning site (MCS) within the lac Z gene of the plasmid of E.coli.
II:  This allows the researcher to distinguish between recombinant and non-recombinant vectors if X-gal is added to the medium.

1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I.
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I.
3. I is correct but II is incorrect.
4. Both I and II are incorrect.

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