Rosie, the first transgenic cow, produced milk enriched with which human protein?
Alpha-lactalbumin
Insulin
Growth hormone
Interferon
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Transgenic organisms are used
To produce biological produce
To study disease
To test vaccine safety
All of these
An efficient oil eating ‘Super bug’ developed through genetic engineering used in cleaning of oil-spill polluted sites is a species of
Arthrobacter
Citrobacter
Pseudomonas
Thiobacillus
Consider the following statements
I. Transgenic animals are more sensitive to the toxic substance than non-transgenic animals
II. Useful biological products can be produced by introducing into transgenic animals the portion of DNA which codes for a particular product
III. Brazzein is a protein produced by a west African plant, Pentadiplandra brazzeana which is approximately 2000 time as sweet as sugar
Which of the statements are given above are correct?
I, II and III
I and II
I and III
None of these
Choose the correct statement with reference to ‘Dolly’
She was created by taking nucleus from unfertilized eggs and cytoplasm from fertilized eggs
She was created by taking nucleus from udder cells and cytoplasm from unfertilized egg
She was created by taking cytoplasm from udder cell and nucleus from unfertilized egg
She was created by taking cytoplasm from udder cell and nucleus from fertilized egg
The introduction of a foreign gene into an animal's genome can result in:
Overexpression of the introduced gene
Silencing of the introduced gene
Position effects influencing gene expression
All of the above
In 1997, the first transgenic cow, Rosie produced
Human protein enriched milk (2.4 g/L)
Human protein enriched milk (2.8 g/L)
Human calcium enriched milk (2.4 g/L)
Human calcium enriched milk (2.8 g/L)
Which of the following is a transgenic plant?
Hirudin
Flavr savr
Triticale
All of these
Which of the following is a major ethical concern associated with the production of transgenic animals?
The high cost of producing transgenic animals.
The low success rate of creating transgenic animals.
Animal welfare and the potential for unforeseen health problems in the transgenic animals.
The limited applicability of transgenic animal models to human diseases.
Which of the following transgenic animals are used in testing safety of polio vaccine before they are used on human?
Transgenic cow
Transgenic monkey
Transgenic mice
Transgenic sheep
Rosie the cow was a transgenic animal produced by which technique?
Retroviral infection
Biolistic gene transfer
Microinjection
Embryonic stem cell transfer
