In some cases, recombinant DNA must be cloned before it can be inserted into a host. Which vectors can be used to clone recombinant DNA?

Cloning vectors are DNA carriers that replicate inside a host cell, making many copies of the recombinant DNA. Phages and plasmids can serve as these vectors. Gene guns and micropipettes deliver DNA, while restriction enzymes cut DNA; neither is a cloning vector.

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