To answer the following questions, refer to the five items listed below:

A. The function of these is to cut apart foreign DNA molecules.
B. The combination of a foreign piece of DNA with the DNA of another organism.
C. The pieces of DNA that are moved by a genetic engineer from one organism to another are first incorporated into these.
D. These are bacterial populations containing thousands or millions of identical copies of one to several genes.
E.


A. restriction enzymes
B. recombinant DNA
C. plasmids
D. clones
E. restriction sites

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