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Biotechnology and its Applications

Every solved example, exercise, and miscellaneous question, in the order the textbook teaches them. · 12 questions

Exercises

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Ex 10 Q1 $Which part of the plant is best suited for making virus-free plants and why?$
Ex 10 Q2 $What is the major advantage of producing plants by micropropagation?$
Ex 10 Q3 $Find out what the various components of the medium used for propagation of an explant in vitro are?$
Ex 10 Q4 $Crystals of Bt toxin produced by some bacteria do not kill the bacteria themselves because -$
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Ex 10 Q5 $What are transgenic bacteria? Illustrate using any one example.$
Ex 10 Q6 $Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of production of genetically modified crops.$
Ex 10 Q7 $What are Cry proteins? Name an organism that produce it. How has man exploited this protein to his benefit?$
Ex 10 Q8 $What is gene therapy? Illustrate using the example of adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency.$
Ex 10 Q9 $Digrammatically represent the experimental steps in cloning and expressing an human gene (say the gene for growth hormone) into a bacterium like E. coli ?$
Ex 10 Q10 $Can you suggest a method to remove oil (hydrocarbon) from seeds based on your understanding of rDNA technology and chemistry of oil?$
Ex 10 Q11 $Find out from internet what is golden rice.$
Ex 10 Q12 $Does our blood have proteases and nucleases?$