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Answer these questions regarding DNA libraries:
In creating a genomic DNA library, what is the FIRST step?
| a. | 
 Fragmenting the DNA into manageable pieces  | 
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| b. | 
 Screening clones  | 
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| c. | 
 Transforming recombinant DNA into bacteria  | 
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| d. | 
 Ligating DNA into plasmids  | 
Sometimes artificial chromosomes (AC) constructed from bacterial (BACs) or yeast (YACs) DNA are used to harbor genomic DNA for libraries (e.g., the human genome project). Why are BACs/YACs often used instead of traditional plasmid DNA for the construction of genomic libraries?
| a. | 
 genomic plasmid DNA cannot be efficiently ligated  | 
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| b. | 
 Typical plasmid DNA vectors can only harbor DNA up to a certain size (~3,000 bp)  | 
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| c. | 
 BACs/YACs are easier to store in DNA libraries  | 
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| d. | 
 Larger genomic DNA fragments in BACS/YACS have the introns removed  | 
Which library would you screen if the goal was to identify the coding sequence for a protein?
| a. | 
 genomic library  | 
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| b. | 
 RNA library  | 
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| c. | 
 cDNA library  | 
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| d. | 
 protein domain library  | 
How does one find a book (gene/clone) of interest in a DNA library?
| a. | 
 by doing PCR on the whole pool of DNA  | 
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| b. | 
 by sequencing each clone in the library  | 
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| c. | 
 by next-generation sequencing  | 
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| d. | 
 by hybridizing a radiolabeled probe of the sequence to bacterial colonies  | 
1. a, Fragmenting the DNA into manageable pieces
2. b, Typical plasmid DNA vectors can only harbor DNA up to a certain size (~3,000 bp)

