Topic: Tools: restriction enzymes, vectors, host· Biotechnology and Its Applications

Transposons can be used during which one of the following ?

1. Gene sequencing

2. Polymerase Chain Reaction

3. Gene silencing

4. Autoradiography

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Answer: 3. Gene silencing

As per the official key, the answer is gene silencing: transposons (jumping genes) can insert in or near a gene and switch it off, so they are used to silence genes.

They are not used in sequencing, PCR or autoradiography.

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