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In genetic engineering, genes are isolated and inserted into other DNA, producing recombinant DNA. To do this, both the source and the vector DNA are first cut into fragments by ____________ .

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They need to be cut or cleaved by restriction enzymes called endonucleases in a way that both source and vector are left with complementary DNA strands for ligation using DNA ligase enzymes

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