THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN
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to create new habitats for endangered species
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to control microorganisms in the soil
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to prevent habitats from being destroyed
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to treat certain types of diseases
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Detailed explanation-1: -D. to prevent habitats from being destroyed. One reason scientists produce transgenic organisms is to treat certain types of diseases. Transgenic organisms are known as all those living beings whose genetic material has been adulterated by human intervention as a result of genetic engineering.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scientists use transgenic cells and organisms to study gene function, human disease, and to treat degenerative and genetic diseases.
Detailed explanation-3: -Transgenic animals provide a chance to produce animals that are a source of useful human therapeutic proteins like growth hormone, insulin, human lactoferrin, etc. Transgenic animals can be easily produced by transforming stem cells, growing in vitro, with the desired gene constructed by homologous recombination.
Detailed explanation-4: -Transgenesis is the process of introducing a gene (referred to as a transgene) from one organism into the genome of another organism. The aim is that the resulting transgenic organism will express the gene and exhibit some new property or characteristic.