THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
CLONING GENES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It has desirable and improved characteristics.
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It is an organism that acquires a foreign gene.
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It is engineered to be of use to humans in agriculture.
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Its genome incorporates and expresses genes from its parents.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. Transgenic refers to an organism or cell whose genome has been altered by the introduction of one or more foreign DNA sequences from another species by artificial means. Transgenic organisms are generated in the laboratory for research purposes.
Detailed explanation-2: -So the correct answer is ‘Dogie’.
Detailed explanation-3: -It must be stable. It must be capable of being expressed when needed. It must be capable of accurate replication. It must be transmitted from parent to progeny without change.
Detailed explanation-4: -The three principal methods used for the creation of transgenic animals are DNA microinjection, embryonic stem cell-mediated gene transfer and retrovirus-mediated gene transfer.