PATHOLOGY MCQ
GENETICS AND DISEASE
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They could make fruit crops more productive than they were before.
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They could make it cheaper and easier to administer vaccines.
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They could encourage people to eat healthier food.
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They could help eradicate all infectious diseases in the world.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Recently, scientists have genetically engineered fruit crops to contain vaccines. How might these fruit crops most likely benefit society? They could make it cheaper and easier to administer vaccines.
Detailed explanation-2: -Genetic engineering techniques have numerous applications in fruit crops, as they allow improvement of important agronomic traits such as biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and fruit quality. During the past two decades, several fruit crops have been modified using these techniques.
Detailed explanation-3: -The benefits of having foods made from genetically modified crops are-creating plants better resistant to weeds, pest and other diseases, foods with better texture, flavor and nutritional value, foods with a longer shelf life for easier shipping.
Detailed explanation-4: -Resistance to insect damage. Tolerance to herbicides. Resistance to plant viruses. 19-Apr-2023