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  • Question
  • Which cell-based plant technology involves the combining of two cells without cell walls from different species?


  • Options
  • A. Clonal propagation
  • B. Cybridization
  • C. Protoplast fusion
  • D. Mutant selection

  • Correct Answer
  • Protoplast fusion 


  • More questions

    • 1. The yeast generated during the fermentation of beer is generally separated by

    • Options
    • A. centrifugation
    • B. filtration
    • C. cell disruption
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. What temperature is maintained during anaerobic fermentation of red wine?

    • Options
    • A. 20-24 °C
    • B. 24-27 °C
    • C. 27-31 °C
    • D. 31-34 °C
    • Discuss
    • 3. To maintain the pH of the culture

    • Options
    • A. organic acid such as citric, fumaric, malic and succinic acid is used
    • B. synthetic buffers such as Tris, MES or HEPS are used
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. ammonium salts are used
    • Discuss
    • 4. Starch content of potatoes can be increased by using a bacterial gene, known as

    • Options
    • A. sucrose phosphate synthase gene
    • B. ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase gene
    • C. polygalactouranase gene
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Production of transgenic animals require transfections of

    • Options
    • A. eggs or embryos
    • B. stem cells
    • C. red blood cells
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following functional groups would make a carbon-based compound the least polar?

    • Options
    • A. Phosphate
    • B. Methyl
    • C. Carboxyl
    • D. Amino
    • Discuss
    • 7. Cdks bind with __________ , enabling the Cdks to function as enzymes.

    • Options
    • A. MPF
    • B. cyclins
    • C. histones
    • D. p53
    • Discuss
    • 8. The first transgenic plants expressing engineered foreign genes were tobacco plants produced by the use of

    • Options
    • A. Agrobacterium tumefaciens
    • B. Bacillus thuringiensis
    • C. Arabidopsis thaliana
    • D. Streptomyces hygroscopicus
    • Discuss
    • 9. In a __________ protocol, bacteria with engineered abilities to detoxify pollutants are intentionally released in an area.

    • Options
    • A. microcosm establishment
    • B. mibridization
    • C. bioremediation
    • D. rhizosecretion
    • Discuss
    • 10. Expression of antisense RNA in transgenic plants is a general method used to

    • Options
    • A. activate the expression of all genes in a biochemical pathway
    • B. eliminate the expression of all genes in a biochemical pathway
    • C. block the expression of virus coat protein genes
    • D. reduce or eliminate the expression of individual genes
    • Discuss


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