Cut And Paste At Biology Glossary

What is it? Jargon for the excision of a DNA fragment from one molecule and insertion into another DNA molecule. Commonly used to describe cloning a DNA fragment by cleavage with a restriction enzyme and ligation into a vector. Also used to describe transposition mechanisms where the transposon is excised from one DNA molecule and inserted into a second DNA molecule without replication of the transposon.

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