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Question
Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow.

- Name the cloning vector shown above. In which organism in this cloning vector inserted?
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Mention any two restriction sites shown in the diagram.
- Name any two selectable markers shown in the diagram.
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Solution
- The given cloning vector is called pBR322 and it is inserted into E. coli bacteria.
- In the image shown, the two restriction sites are Hind III and Bam H I.
- The selectable markers in the cloning vector pBR322 include ampicillin and tetracycline resistance genes.
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