Campbell Biology 11th Edition - Valuepack
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134833545
Author: Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece Neil A. Campbell Lisa A. Urry
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 2TYU
Which of the following tools of DNA technology is incorrectly paired with its use?
(A) electrophoresis—Separation of DNA fragments
(B) DNA ligase—cutting DNA, creating sticky ends of rcstric- tion fragments
(C) DNA polymerase—polvrnerase chain reaction to amplify Sections of DNA
(D) reverse transcriptase—production of cDNA from mRNA
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