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Question
Assertion (A): An example of biopiracy is USA's patent of brazzein, a protein that was obtained from West African plant.
Reason (R): The plant Pentadiplandra brazzeana has been growing in the wild and not used by the locals for centuries.
Options
Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are false.
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Solution
Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
Explanation:
The patenting of brazzein in the USA is an example of biopiracy because the protein comes from a West African plant known to local people. The plant and its sweet berries have been used by local people for centuries; the reason incorrectly says they were not used.
