HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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A new variety of rice called golden rice has been genetically modified to have vitamin A. People in starving countries can eat this rice and receive the vitamin A. Without this rice people go blind from vitamin A deficiency. What word(s) below best describes this rice?
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electrophoresis
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DNA fingerprinting
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G.M.O
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clone
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Golden Rice differs from white rice only in that it contains -carotene, that is, provitamin A, which the human body converts to vitamin A. Golden Rice contains no vitamin A itself.
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