"Selectable marker helps us to identify betwen the transformed and the non-transformed genes " What does transformed and non-transformed gene - Biology -

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"Selectable marker helps us to identify betwen the transformed and
the non-transformed genes " What does transformed and
non-transformed gene mean?

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Please find below the solution to the asked query

The correct terms are transformants or transformant cells and non
transformants or non transformant cells

Transformants are the cells or organisms that
successfully take up the foreign DNA and express the genes present
on it
Non transformants are those cells or organisms
which do successfully take foreign DNA and hence do not express the
genes present on it

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transformants and non transformants

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"Selectable marker helps us to identify betwen the transformed and the non-transformed genes." What does transformed and non-transformed gene mean?