Plasmid is used as carrier because - Vidyadip

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Plasmid is used as carrier because

A
It has antibiotic resistance genes
B
Its both ends are replicating points
C
It can go between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
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It is circular $DNA$ which has capacity to bind eukaryote $ DNA$

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Answer

Correct option: D.

It is circular $DNA$ which has capacity to bind eukaryote $ DNA$

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(d) Plasmid is used in biotechnology or genetic engineering for making the multiple copies of desired genes ($DNA $ segment).

Because plasmid has the capacity to bind with eukaryotic $DNA.$

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