Q. If bacterial cells are transformed with a mixture of linear and circular molecules resulting from a ligation reaction designed to produce a recombinant molecule

• (A) No recombinant molecule will ever be detected
• (B) Both linear and circular molecules will replicate equally well
• (C) None of the plasmids will express the antibiotic resistance gene located on the plasmid
• (D) The circular molecules will be amplified by the cells