<u>Answer:</u>
The most appropriate answer option is: D) Saprophytes return organic material to the soil for use by living organisms.
<u>Explanation:</u>
A saprophyte, also known as a saprobe or saprotroph, is an organism (fungi) which feeds and grows on decomposing organisms. We also know that it secrete enzymes that digest components of cell walls, such as cellulose and lignin.
Saprophyte is an important part of the biogeochemical cycle as it decomposes the bodies of the dead organisms, recycles them and releases nutrients into the soil to be used by the living organisms.
The correct answer is that a bacteriophage lambda chromosome containing the human collagen gene, because Recombinant DNA is the name given to DNA molecules that have part of DNA derived from two or more sources, usually these sources are different species. Recombinant DNA technology is also known as molecular cloning or even gene cloning.
B. A bacteriophage lambda chromosome containing the human collagen gene
<h3>How is recombinant DNA produced?</h3>
Obtaining recombinant DNA is based on the molecular cloning technique. The process can be summarized as follows:
- The first step is to isolate a DNA fragment, which contains the gene of interest. Remember that each gene makes a protein.
- The gene of interest, now isolated, is placed in a medium with a fragment of circular bacterial DNA, the plasmid and the restriction enzymes.
- The bacterial plasmid has the ability to insert a fragment of DNA external to its own genome.
<h3>What is DNA and what is it for?</h3>
DNA is the structure responsible for the transmission of all genetic characteristics — such as eye, skin and hair color, physiognomy, among others — in the process of reproduction of living beings. Thus, the main function of DNA is to transport information contained in its sequences, called genes.
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