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Bacteria can be killed by an antibiotic unless they carry a plasmid that has the gene for resistance to that antibiotic. (Scientists call these kinds of genes selectable markers; only bacteria that carry this gene will survive exposure to an antibiotic.) If the uptake of DNA by bacteria is inefficient (as discussed in the reading), why is a selectable marker critical in cloning a gene in bacteria?

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