Microbes in Human Welfare — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Enlist desirable traits present in transgenic chicken?

What would happen when one grows a recombinant bacterium in a bioreactor but forget to add antibiotic to the medium in which the recombinant is growing?

What are allosomes?

Write the function of each one of the following:
Oxytocin.

1. Why are the plants raised through micropropagation termed as somaclones?
2. Mention two advantages of this technique.

Sometimes a gene which carries a major disadvantage in homozygous state confers an advantage in heterozygous condition. Explain by giving suitable example.

After a brief medical examination a healthy couple came to know that both of them are unable to produce functional gametes and should look for an 'ART' (Assisted Reproductive Technique). Name the 'ART' and the procedure involved that you can suggest to them to help them bear a child.

State how has Agrobacterium tumifaciens been made a useful cloning vector to transfer DNA to plant cells.

How does a farmer use the dormancy of seeds to his advantage?

What causes doughing of wheat flour?