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cloning vector
a DNA molecule, such as a plasmid or bacteriophage that can carry a fragment of foreign DNA into a host cell and create many
copies of itself and the foreign DNA; it must include a site into which the DNA fragment can be inserted, sequences allowing
it to replicate itself, and one or more selectable markers, such as a gene coding for resistance to an antibiotic.

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