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IGCSE Biology5.13 Genetic engineering vectorsTopic Practice

5.13 Genetic engineering vectors

Understand how plasmids and viruses can act as vectors, which take up pieces of DNA, and then insert this recombinant DNA into other cells.

Question 4(b)(iii)

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The diagram shows a yeast cell.

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Biofuel is made from ethanol.

Scientists use genetically modified (GM) yeast to produce biofuel.
The GM yeast contains an enzyme that digests plant cell walls to produce glucose.
The yeast uses the glucose in respiration to produce ethanol.

The GM yeast is a recombinant strain.

State what is meant by the term recombinant.

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