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Selection is an important step in genetic engineering. You are given ampicillin and tetracycline antibiotics. Using these antibiotics, which selection technique could be used to differentiate between recombinant and non-recombinant cells? |
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Answer» Replica plating. • Host cells are first plated (master plate) on solid media with the desired antibiotic overnight. • Velvet paper is aligned, pressed on master plate. • With the same alignment it is pressed onto the replica plate. • Keep it overnight ,transformed colonies will not grow in replica plate • The colonies having insert can easily be scored off from master plate by comparing the two plates. |
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