why do we need reporter gene,in genetic engineering please tell?
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we use reporter gene to check whether our gene of interest is functioning properly or not ,look for example if you are inserting your gene of interest in any organism and you want to check whether the recombinant is expressing it's trait or not you can link a reporter gene with you gene of interest if reporter gene gets expressed obviously your gene of interest would also get expressed,reporter gene can have some unique properties like fluroluminance.