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What is the meaning of vehicle in genetic engineering?

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A vehicle is a vector DNA which is defined as Vector. It is the DNA used as a carrier for transfaring a fragment of alien DNA into a suitable host. It has the ability to replicate within bacterial cells independent of the control of chromosomal DNA e.g., plasmid-DNA and bacteriophage-DNA.
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