Campbell Biology: Custom Edition
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781323717271
Author: Urry, Cain, Wasserman, Minorsky, Reece
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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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