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If the gene to be screened belongs to prokaryotic species then there are chances that it is not expressed.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me in an internship interview.

This interesting question is from Screening by Expression In Vivo in chapter Screening Libraries of Genetic Engineering

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Correct option is (a) True

To explain: In the case, if gene which is to be screened belongs to prokaryotic species than there are chances that it is not expressed. There are chances that promoter is not present in the insert region.

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