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Why are yeast cells frequently used as hosts for cloning eukaryotic gene ? 

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a

They lack plasmids

b

Only yeast cell allow eukaryotic gene to be cloned

c

They are eukaryotic cells

d

They can remove exons from mRNA

answer is A.

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Eukaryotic genes are best cloned in a eukaryotic organism and hence yeasts are used to clone eukaryotic genes.

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