The term 'recombinant organism' refers to
A. genetically engineered cells, but not those that have new genes as a result of horizontal gene transfer.
B. an organism that has genes passed down from the parent cell to the daughter cells during binary fission.
C. an organism that has recombined its genes.
D. an organism that expresses proteins coded for by genes that originated in a different organism.
Answer: D
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