Letter R

Recombinant DNA technology

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A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments.

A recombinant DNA molecule is constructed (recombined) from segments from 2 or more different DNA molecules.

Under certain conditions, a recombinant DNA molecule can enter a cell and replicate there, autonomously (on its own) or after it has become integrated into a chromosome

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