Suppose that in the future, scientists identify bacteria on Mars and these organisms lack a site-specific recombination system. Which components would allow for site-specific recombination to occur in these bacteria?

A) FRT target sites and Flp recombinase
B) FRT target sites and Cas9 enzyme
C) an FRT target site and a loxP site
D) a synthetic homologous chromosome


A) FRT target sites and Flp recombinase

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