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Cloning Host Definition:
An organism such as a bacterium or a yeast that receives and replicates a foreign piece of DNA inserted during a genetic engineering experiment.
Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro
Cloning Host Notes:
A cloning host is an organism within which the recombinant DNA is introduced to be replicated. Initially the process of molecular cloning is carried out in the lab to assemble and replicate DNA molecules which is then introduced in the host, e.g. a laboratory strain of E. Coli bacteria.
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