You can leave the chicks with the mother but it will only last 4 to 8 weeks. Usually, it's the mother hen who wants to wean them and get back to her flock. In warm weather, you don't really need a heat lamp, but get a secure pen and chick starter until they're 20 weeks old.
The process of putting a gene into a vector is called molecular cloning or gene cloning. Most vectors are based on plasmids, which are small circular sequences of DNA that occur naturally within bacteria. Plasmid vectors can accept a few genesâ worth of DNA.o introduce foreign DNA into a circular vector, scientists carry out a three-step process: 1  Cutting out the gene. 2  Scientists first remove their gene of interest from the DNA sequences on either side of it.
The function of a selectable marker gene is to provide the host containing the plasmid a certain property that is not inherently present in the host. For example, the AmpR gene codes for a protein that makes cells containing this gene resistant to the antibiotic ampicillin.f antibiotic resistance is added to the gene being cloned, antibiotics can be used to isolate the transformed bacteria (ones with the gene being cloned) by killing off all no â¦ n-transformed bacteria, that don't have the antibiotic resistance.