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Rahul introduced Ronit to his uncle and told him that Ronit is pursuing a course in biotechnology in America.
His uncle had never heard of this term earlier and was curious to know about this term. Ronit pointed towards a big tree at the base of which were present numerous tumour-like structures and said that this is the example of natural biotechnology:

What is biotechnology?
How these crown gall tumours are formed?
What are the values shown by Rahul's uncle?

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Biotechnology deals with the techniques of using live organisms or enzymes from organisms to produce products and processes useful to human.
These are formed by integration of a segment of DNA of the bacterium Agrobacterium tumifaciens into the host DNA.
Rahul's uncle has a positive desire to know about latest discoveries and developments in the field of science.

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