OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Question
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Which was most likely the earliest way biotechnology was used by humans?
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finding evidence for crimes
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making medicines to cure sickness
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discovering the cause of hereditary diseases
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breeding better varieties of crops and livestock
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The first artificial genetic modification accomplished using biotechnology was transgenesis, the process of transferring genes from one organism to another, first accomplished by Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen in 1973.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient technology Biotechnology involves using living organisms in the production of food and medicine. It dates back several thousand years to when people inadvertently discovered the usefulness of one-celled organisms like yeasts and bacteria.
Detailed explanation-3: -Since the first successful commercialization of a biotechnology-derived crop in the 1990s, many new crop varieties have been developed and made available to U.S. farmers and farmers worldwide.
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