What is the role of a vector in recombinant DNA technology?
Correct Answer: A vector is a DNA molecule used to carry foreign DNA into a host cell for replication and expression.
- Step 1: Understand that a vector is a special type of DNA molecule.
- Step 2: Know that the purpose of a vector is to carry foreign DNA.
- Step 3: Recognize that foreign DNA is the DNA that scientists want to study or use.
- Step 4: Learn that the vector helps to introduce this foreign DNA into a host cell.
- Step 5: Realize that once inside the host cell, the foreign DNA can be replicated and expressed.
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