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Genetic engineering
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Solution
- Genetic engineering is an essential biotechnology approach.
- The sequence of nitrogenous bases can be changed using this strategy.
- It helps us to develop species with essential characteristics.
- Its uses are in the production of cash crops, improvement in varieties of cash crops, increase in abilities of plants to withstand environmental stresses, vaccine production, early diagnosis of congenital diseases, organ transplant, cancer research, production of artificial skin, cartilage, etc. in laboratories.
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