In two to three sentences, explain how the creation of recombinant DNA is like cutting and pasting.
The creation of recombinant DNA is like cutting and pasting because restriction enzymes "cut" a specific gene of interest from one organism's DNA. This fragment is then "pasted" into the DNA of another organism, such as a bacterial plasmid, using the enzyme DNA ligase to join the pieces together.
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