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Biotechnology and its Applications — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiotechnology and its Applications2 Marks
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What are transgenic bacteria? Illustrate using any one example.
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Answer

Bacteria carrying foreign gene are called transgenic bacteria. For example, two DNA sequences (A and B chains of human insulin) were introduced into the plasmid of bacteria E. coli The leansgenic bacteria start producing insulin chains.

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