How are gene cloning and whole organism cloning different?
A) Whole organism cloning uses restriction enzymes, whereas gene cloning does not.
B) Gene cloning allows foreign genes to be inserted into a recombinant bacterial plasmid, whereas whole organism cloning does not involve recombinant technology.
C) Whole organism cloning has been successfully accomplished, whereas gene cloning is still in the early trial stages.
D) Whole organism cloning is used to create a gene library, whereas gene cloning is used to create identical organisms.
E) To clone a gene, a donor egg cell and a surrogate are needed; to clone an organism, bacteria and recombinant plasmids are needed.
B) Gene cloning allows foreign genes to be inserted into a recombinant bacterial plasmid, whereas whole organism cloning does not involve recombinant technology.
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