Answer to Question #93787 in Molecular Biology for Kylie

Question

Explain how foreign DNA is inserted into host cells.

Answer 1

Transformation is a way that bacterial cells pick up pieces of DNA from their environment.

Transduction is the insertion of foreign DNA into a cell via a virus.

Gene gun or shot gun method id a method by which foreign DNA is inserted into the cells.

 Insertion of foreign DNA into the T-DNA region of Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium by restriction enzymes is one way that scientists insert genes into plants.