If bacterial cells are transformed with a mixture of

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

1. no recombinant molecule will ever be detected
2. both linear and circular molecules will replicate equally well
3. none of the plasmids will express the antibiotic resistance gene located on the plasmid
4. the circular molecules will be amplified by the cells

Bacterial replication machinery is adapted for both linear and circular molecule in forms of genomic DNA and plasmid DNA but not equally.