Question

Mind helping me out? My bio class missed out on this part...
What happens to cells that do not take up the recombinant plasmid?
- they are not transformed, and their characteristics are not altered.
- they change to a new cell with new characteristics
- they are not transformed, and they die soon after
- they are still transformed because the nearby cells are transformed

Answer 1

Bacteria without a plasmid will die, while bacteria carrying a plasmid can live and reproduce. Each surviving bacterium will give rise to a small, dot-like group, or colony, of identical bacteria that all carry the same plasmid.

Answer 2

source https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/gene-expression-and-regulation/biotechnology/a/overview-dna-cloning