Once DNA is cloned, we have the problem of finding the piece of DNA that holds our gene of interest. Explain how nucleic acid hybridization will accomplish this task.

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13 May, 10:05

Once DNA is cloned, we have the problem of finding the piece of DNA that holds our gene of interest. Explain how nucleic acid hybridization will accomplish this task.

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Alexia Hutchinson · Answer 1

This can be done with the principle of complementary base parings with another DNA molecule

Explanation:

Since the DNA molecules have unchanged complementary base paring of purines with pyrimidines; this specific characteristic can be used to detect the cloned DNA through complementary A-T and C-G on the cloned DNA by the hybridized DNA strands.