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Question
A) Which process is shown in the above figure?
B) Describe in brief the steps- I , II , III & IV.
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Solution
A) Production of edible vaccines is shown in the figure.
B) Steps-
I) Isolation of desired gene from human pathogen and transfer of it to plant virus.
II) Infection of the pieces of leaves of potato by the transgenic virus.
III) Development of new potato plant from the infected leaves of potato which will contain the gene from human pathogen.
IV) Consumption of such raw potato gives immunity against the pathogen.
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