To discover a catabolic gene cluster, cloning large sequences of approximately 40 kbp requires the utility of

A) bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs).
B) cosmids or fosmids.
C) a eukaryotic host to house the large foreign DNA.
D) multiple gene fusions.


Answer: B

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