What is the role of ampicillin in this process?

What is the role of ampicillin in this process?
  1. It is used to treat recipient cells
  2. It is used to select transformed cells
  3. It is used to synthesize recombinant DNA
  4. It is used to incubate with a restriction enzyme

Solution

Ampicillin is used in this process as a selectable marker to select transformed cells. Transformed cells will be resistant to ampicillin, allowing for their selection on agar plates containing the antibiotic.

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