Download App

Biotechnology and its Applications — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiotechnology and its Applications3 Marks
Question
What are genetically modified organisms? Name two factors on which their behaviour depends.
✓

Answer

Plants, fungi, bacteria and animals that have had their DNA manipulated to possess and express an extra (foreign) gene are known as genetically modified organisms.The two factors on which the behaviour of such organisms depend are:
  1. Nature of gene transferred.
  2. Nature of the host cell.

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Explore more

More "Answer the following questions in detail." from Biotechnology and its Applications→Biotechnology and its Applications — all question types→BIOLOGY STD 12 Science question papers→Maharashtra Board STD 12 Science question papers→Maharashtra Board question paper generator→

Similar questions

Microbes have various contributions to the human welfare. For example, lactic acid bacteria help in checking disease causing microbes in our stomach. With reference to this fact, state the contribution of different microbes in the process of digestion in ruminants.
→
Sketch and label – Process spermatogenesis.
→
Name the stage ofthe Plasmodium thall is trrnsmitted to human body by the vector. Describe the life cycle of the plrasite in humans.
OR
Trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in humans from the stage of entry, until it is picked up by the female Anopheles.
→
Define reproductive isolation' and explain two types of reproductive isolation.
→
What are the functions of three types of RNAs in bacteria? Which enzyme is involved in transcription of DNA to form RNAs in bacteria? What is its function?
→
Medically it is advised to all young mothers that breastfeeding is the best for their newborn babies. Do you agree? Give reasons in support of your answer.
→
Why greenhouse gases are increasing in their proportion?
→
A person has been diagnosed to be $HIV^+$​​​​​​​.
  1. Name the disease and the test which the person has to undergo.
  2. Write the full name of the pathogen involved and describe its structure.
  3. Which particular cells of this person are likely to get destroyed?
OR
The immune system of a person is suppressed. In the ELISA test, he was found positive to a pathogen.
  1. Name the disease the patient is suffering from.
  2. What is the causative organism?
  3. Which cells of the body are affected by the pathogen?
→
Expand the following and explain any one of them:
  1. IVF
  2. ZIFT
  3. MTP
→
Differentiate between a template strand and coding strand of DNA.
→