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Chimeric DNA is
BiologyBiotechnology - Principles and ProcessesAIIMSAIIMS 2019 (25 May)
Options:
  • A gene clone
  • B recombinant DNA
  • C transposon
  • D non-functional junk DNA.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: recombinant DNA
Recombinant DNA molecules are sometimes called chimeric DNA because they can be made of material from two different species, like the mythical chimera.

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