Why do plasmids make such excellent cloning vectors?

a. They are small and circular.
b. They each have hundreds of restriction endonuclease cut sites.
c. They replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA.
d. They have uracil instead of thymine.


c. They replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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