Identification - in vivo

• What is used to identify whether a gene has been taken up by a bacterial cell?

  Marker genes
• What are the three kinds of markers?

  • Antibiotic resistant markers
  • Fluorescent markers
  • Radioactive markers
• What are the advantages of in vivo cloning?

  • Accurate
  • Little risk of contamination
  • Cuts out specific genes
  • Can introduce genes to other organisms