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Question
How do you use the biotechnology in modern practice?
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Solution
In modem practice, biotechnology is used in the development of herbicide resistance plants, improved crop varieties, producing pharma products like insulin, developing vaccines, diagnosing genetic diseases and designing drgus, etc.
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Genetic engineering is
The process of recombinant DNA technology has the following steps
- amplification of the gene
- Insertion of recombinant DNA into the host cells
- Cutting of DNA at a specific location using a restriction enzyme.
- Isolation of genetic material (DNA) Picks out the correct sequence of steps for recombinant DNA technology.
Match the following:
| Column A | Column A | ||
| 1. | Exonuclease | a. | add or remove phosphate |
| 2. | Endonuclease | b. | binding the DNA fragments |
| 3. | Alkaline Phosphatase | c. | cut the DNA at terminus |
| 4. | Ligase | d. | cut the DNA at middle |
Assertion: Agrobacterium tumifaciens is popular in genetic engineering because this bacteriumis associated with the root nodules of all cereals and pulse crops
Reason: A gene incorporated in the bacterial chromosomal genome gets automatically transferred to the cross with which bacterium is associated.
Which one of the following is not a correct statement.
What do you know about the word pBR332?
