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A single strand of nucleic acid tagged with a radioactive molecule is called
BiologyBiotechnology - Principles and ProcessesNEETNEET 2012 (Screening)
Options:
  • A vector
  • B selectable marker
  • C plasmid
  • D probe
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The correct answer is: probe
Probes are 15-30 bases long radioactive labelled oligonucleotides (RNA or DNA) used to detect complementary nucleotide sequences, used for disease diagnosis, etc.

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