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The nucleic acid from the cell type that contains the sequence we are interested in is called ___________

(a) driver

(b) subtractive sequence

(c) tracer

(d) wanted sequence

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My question comes from Cloning the cDNA and Specialized Libraries in section Libraries Construction of Genetic Engineering

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Correct option is (c) tracer

The best I can explain: The nucleic acid from the cell type containing the sequence we are interested in is called a tracer. The driver is the molecule which lacks the sequence.

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