Biopiracy

Explain any three examples of biopiracy.

From the following identify the group of products that were awarded with false patents.

A 'new' variety of rice was patented by a foreign company, though such varieties have been present in India for a long time. This is related to ______.

From the following identify the applications of transgenic animals.

1. Targeted production of pharmaceutical proteins, drug production, and product efficacy testing
2. The analysis of the regulation of gene expression makes use of the evaluation of a specific genetic change at the level of the whole animal
3. Study mammalian developmental genetics
4. As responsive test animals (detection of toxicants)
5. To identify the functions of specific factors in complex homeostatic systems through over-or under-expression of a modified gene (the inserted transgene)

Read the paragraph given below and identify X and Y.

'X' is the right granted by a government to the inventor to prevent others from the commercial use of his invention.
When 'X' are granted for biological entities and for products derived from them, these are called 'Y'.

What is Texmati?

Which of the following endonucleases are most commonly used in genetic engineering?

What is ‘biopatent’? Give any two examples.