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During genetic engineering experiments recombinants are distinguished from nonrecombinants by different methods . One of the methods is know as insertional inactivation . Explain the process.

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In this process a recombinant DNA is inserted within the coding se-quence of an enzyme `alpha` - galactosidase.This results intothe inactivation of the enzyme, which is referred to as insertional inactivation. Presence ininsert results into insertional inactivation of the `alpha` - galactosidase and the colonies do not produce any colour, these are identified as recombi-nant colonies .
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