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What do you mean by copy number in plasmids and bacteriophages? (Chapter Biotechnology)

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how many copies of a plasmid (in this case) are there in general in bacteria is called copy number.
when we say so and so plasmid has a high copy number then it means that many copies of that plamsid exist in the bacteria.