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Why are bacteria able to reproduce a human gene in their bacterial plasmid?

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Why are bacteria able to reproduce a human gene in their bacterial plasmid?

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Bacteria are capable of taking up plasmids from their environment. The genes on the plasmid are then expressed after it is taken up. This process is called transformation because the bacteria have new characteristics; they have been transformed. Foreign genes can be inserted into plasmids using genetic engineering technology. For example, the gene for human growth hormone has been put in plasmids and taken up by bacteria. The transformed bacteria secrete human insulin. When the bacteria reproduce, the plasmids are also reproduced. The reproduction of genes that have been added to DNA is called cloning. The genes added to the plasmid have been cloned.

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