| Why do we Plasmids for genetic engineering instead of the chromosomse OR DNA?
Reasons for using Plasmids for Genetic engineering 1)Plasmids are circular extrachromosomal DNA Molecules that are capable of autonomous replication .2)Number of plasmids in Bacteria or yeast is high (copy number is high )3) Isolation and modification of Plasmids is easy .4) Insertion of desired gene and later transformation of recombinant Plasmids to bacteris is easy .5)Screening of Bacteria or yeast containing recombinant plasmid is easy.
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