Exercise: Transgenic Plant

Questions for: Transgenic Plant

Which of the following self-pollinating plant/(s) tend to be homozygous?
A:
Peas
B:
Tomato
C:
Peach
D:
All of these
Answer: D
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Which of the following gene is transferred to plants that detoxify the herbicide atrazine?
A:
Nitrilase
B:
Glutathione S-transferase (GST)
C:
Phosphinothrium acetyl transferase
D:
All of these
Answer: B
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What are the various disadvantages of cross protection?
A:
Possibility of mutations in inducing mild virus strain
B:
Possibility of synergism between inducing virus and other unrelated virus
C:
Possibility of unnecessary spread of mild virus
D:
All of the above
Answer: D
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If the goal were to create a plant resistant to an insecticide, which cell-based plant technology would be most effective?
A:
Clonal propagation
B:
Cybridization
C:
Protoplast fusion
D:
Mutant selection
Answer: D
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Nitrilase is encoded by
A:
gene bxn in Klebsiella pneumoniae
B:
bar gene in Streptomyces spp
C:
both (a) and (b)
D:
none of these
Answer: A
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