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प्रश्न
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Biotechnology
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उत्तर
- The technique of bringing about improvements in living organisms by genetic modifications and hybridization, for the welfare of human beings is called ‘Biotechnology’.
- Biotechnology is used in the field of agriculture in order to improve crop variety and yields by techniques such as genetic modification, hybridization, etc.
- Techniques such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer are useful in animal husbandry to improve the quality and/or quantity of animal products like milk, wool, meat, etc.
- Biotechnology has applications for the welfare of human health in diagnosis and treatment of diseases using vaccines, interferons, antibiotics, etc. Also, gene therapy and therapeutic cloning have applications in treating genetic disorders.
- Biotechnology is used for the manufacture of industrial products, environmental management, food processing, green revolution, white revolution and blue revolution.
- DNA fingerprinting techniques play an important role in forensic sciences and paternity testing.
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Biotechnology: Professional uses
Complete the following chart.
Write two uses of biotechnology related to human health.
Which two main techniques are used in biotechnology? Why?
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Genetic engineering
Which of the following is the correct recognition sequence of restriction enzyme hind III?
Write two names of crops genetically developed.
Use of non-genetic biotechnological techniques.
Non-genetic technology involves mutations in cell genes.
High class of varieties of crops have been developed through the techniques of organ transplantation.
On which of the following two core techniques modem biotechnology is based?
Which organization provided the following definition of biotechnology?
'Biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents to provide goods and service to the human welfare'.
Who coined the term 'biotechnology' and in which year?
Which disciplines are integrated in biotechnology according to its main basis?
What is the main method used in traditional biotechnology?
What does genetic engineering involve?
Which of the following techniques is involved in genetic engineering?
Which academic discipline is involved in the techniques of genetic engineering?
Which of the following is an agricultural application of biotechnology?
What technique is used in traditional biotechnology to produce curd and cheese?
