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This method of finding a gene is used when researchers know very little about the gene they are trying to find. This process results in a complete gene library: a collection of copies of DNA fragments that represent the entire genome of an organism.

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  • Cloning
  • Shotgun cloning
  • Gene synthesis cloning
  • PCR
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Shotgun cloning involves cutting the DNA of the entire genome into pieces with restriction enzymes, inserting these pieces or fragments into bacteria or yeast with plasmids or viruses and allowing the organisms to reproduce making copies or clones of the DNA fragments.
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Cloning

The process of generating a genetically identical copy of a cell or an organism is known as cloning. Cloning takes place all the time in nature—for instance when a cell replicates itself asexually without any genetic alteration or recombination. Prokaryotic organisms (organisms short of a cell nucleus) like as bacteria create genetically identical duplicates of themselves and make use of binary fission or budding. In eukaryotic organisms (organisms holding a cell nucleus) like humans, all the cells that go through mitosis, such as skin cells and cells lining the gastrointestinal tract, are clones; the only special cases are gametes (eggs and sperm), which go thruogh meiosis and genetic recombination.

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