On Wednesday we finished the mutation chapter, with a discussion on the mechanisms that cells have in place to prevent DNA changes: The proofreading mechanism, performed by DNA polymerase as it fulfills its function, and DNA repair mechanisms, performed for several batteries of specialized enzymes, correcting mistakes that have been made during DNA replication
Today we started the chapter on cloning and recombinant DNA, with a discussion of the several modalities of cloning (cloning molecules, cells, and organisms), and the potential applications of cloning DNA and using recombinant DNA technology.
We started to describe the process of cloning DNA.
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