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The Science Behind Our Dogs and Our Health
Indeed, the history of the human-canine bond dates back several millennia. Over centuries, the moder...

The Dog-Human Bond: We Wouldn’t Be Who We Are Without Them
As the old saying goes, the dog is indeed “man’s best friend.” Annals of history and folklore have...

DNA Gel Electrophoresis Introduction & Overview
Electrophoresis is a technique where similarly charged molecules in a mixture flow in the same direc...

Lambda Red Mediated Recombineering
Over the years, scientists learned to exploit many aspects of genetic engineering using bacteriophag...

A Closer Look At Types of Cloning Vectors From Plasmids to Cosmids, BACs, YACs and Beyond
Cloning vectors are an important tool in molecular biology, often used as a vehicle to transport gen...

Cloning Vectors: Essential Features
A “vector,” in simple terms, is an agent for transmission. For example, mosquitoes are vectors for m...

Transduction: P1vir Phage Overview - the mechanisms, characteristics and role in transduction
Transduction for genetic engineering of bacteria, over the years, has been standardized using the mo...

Transduction and Lambda Red Overview
Transduction is a method of bacterial gene transfer mediated by viruses. It is a type of horizontal...

Bacterial Gene Manipulation by Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT)
Genetic manipulation of bacteria, or “genetically engineering” bacteria, involves deletion of its ge...