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  • Question
  • In which year, Dolly the first mammalian clone was born?


  • Options
  • A. 1995
  • B. 1997
  • C. 1996
  • D. 1998

  • Correct Answer
  • 1996 


  • Animal Breeding and Transgenic Animal problems


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    • 1. The success of embryo transplantation depends upon the ability to obtain an increased number of embryos from animals of superior genetic merit, which can be achieved by the use of

    • Options
    • A. exogenous gonadatrophic hormones
    • B. endogenous gonadatrophic hormones
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone)
    • Discuss
    • 2. Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET)

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    • A. can increase the rate of progress in dairy cattle
    • B. allows progeny testing of males
    • C. allows progeny testing of females
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following is/are the method of transfection for making transgenic animals?

    • Options
    • A. Transfer of whole nuclei
    • B. Transfer of whole individual chromosomes or fragment
    • C. Transfer of DNA
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following statement is correct?

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    • A. Variation is caused by genes
    • B. Variation is caused by the environment
    • C. Variation can be caused by both genes and the environment
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Animal pharming can be defined as

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    • A. growing animals for farming
    • B. programming animals to produce novel products
    • C. generating transgenic animals for farming
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. DNA microinjection into the egg has been used to produce which of the following transgenic animals?

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    • A. Mice
    • B. Chicken
    • C. Pigs
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. For the rapid genetic progress, embryo transfer (ET)

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    • A. will be as potent a tool as AI (artificial insemination)
    • B. will not be as potent a tool as AI (artificial insemination)
    • C. ET can't be used at all
    • D. will be a superior tool than AI
    • Discuss
    • 8. In transgenic fish, the genes are introduced by

    • Options
    • A. microinjection in fish
    • B. viruses
    • C. transfer of whole nuclei
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following statements best describes a clone?

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    • A. An artificial life form
    • B. An offspring where all of the genetic material in every cell is identical to that of both parents
    • C. An offspring where all of the genetic material in every cell is identical to that of one of its parents
    • D. A type of sheep
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following best describes artificial insemination?

    • Options
    • A. Transplanting an embryo into the uterus
    • B. Fertilization of an egg in a test tube
    • C. Selectively breeding healthy animals
    • D. Taking the sperm and placing it directly
    • Discuss


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