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Which of the following describes recombinant DNA technology?
Which of the following describes recombinant DNA technology?
- Mating of organisms with desirable qualities
- Insertion of genes into cells that makes the cells into "factories" to make products (correct)
- Enhancing or disrupting the traits of a target organism either mating or molecular technique
- All of the above
Which of the following illustrates classical breeding?
Which of the following illustrates classical breeding?
- A farmer chooses a breed of cow of greater milk production (correct)
- The use of bacteria in order to produce human insulin
- The insertion of cloned genes to plant cells
- All of the above
Which of the following is an example of genetic engineering?
Which of the following is an example of genetic engineering?
- Cross pollination of squash flowers
- The insertion of cloned genes to plant cells (correct)
- A farmer chooses a breed of cow for of greater milk production
- The use of bacteria in order to produce human insulin
Which of the following is an example of a genetically modified plant?
Which of the following is an example of a genetically modified plant?
Being pest resistance is one of the traits that are being introduced to plants like corn and eggplant with the insertion of Bt-toxin gene to plant cell. What method is used when a gene is inserted to plants?
Being pest resistance is one of the traits that are being introduced to plants like corn and eggplant with the insertion of Bt-toxin gene to plant cell. What method is used when a gene is inserted to plants?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of recombinant DNA technology?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of recombinant DNA technology?