Biotechnology - Transgenic Plant
Exercise :: Transgenic Plant - Section 1
- Transgenic Plant - Section 1
| 11. |
Plants derived sexually from the same plant are____ while those derived from somatic tissue from the same plant are____. |
| A. |
identical, different | | B. |
different, also different | | C. |
different, identical | | D. |
plants cannot be derived from somatic tissue |
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
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| 12. |
Transgenic plants with increased tolerance to aluminum have been produced by making plants that |
| A. |
secrete phytosiderophores into the soil | | B. |
make more metal-binding peptides like phytochelatins | | C. |
bind aluminum to the cell wall | | D. |
secrete citrate into the soil |
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
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| 13. |
Transplastomics |
| A. |
targets genes in the chloroplast | | B. |
provides exceptionally low yields of protein products | | C. |
produces genes that are released in pollen | | D. |
offers little opportunity for practical use |
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
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| 14. |
Plants containing genes encoding cytokines and blood clotting factors are used in |
| A. |
nutrition improvement | | B. |
pharmaceutical production | | C. |
vaccine production | | D. |
textile production |
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
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| 15. |
The first transgenic plants expressing engineered foreign genes were tobacco plants produced by the use of |
| A. |
Agrobacterium tumefaciens | | B. |
Bacillus thuringiensis | | C. |
Arabidopsis thaliana | | D. |
Streptomyces hygroscopicus |
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
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