What is the relation between Gross Primary Productivity and Net Primary Productivity? |
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What is gestation period? |
Define binary fission. What is the difference between binary fission in Plasmodium and Euglena? |
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(i) Where is female reproductive system situated in the body? |
(ii) What is ovarian cycle? |
Column A | Column B |
DNA | DNA |
DNA | hnDNA |
niRNA | Protein |
Represser protein + Operator\[\xrightarrow{{}}\] No transcription |
Read the following article regarding "Gene therapy" and answer the following question. |
The ultimate goal of gene therapy is the gene replacement therapy. Gene replacement therapy permits physiological regulation of the transgenes and elimination of the possibility of insertional activation of other cellular gene which occur at the time of random integration of the foreign gene. At present the current strategy for gene therapy largely centres around gene augmentatious therapy, where the foreign gene replaces the defective or missing gene. |
(a) What is gene therapy? |
(b) How is gene therapy being used in treating ADA deficiency patients? |
(c) Mention the cause and the body system affected by ADA deficiency in humans. |
(d) Name the vector used for transferring ADA-DNA into the recipient cells in humans. Name the recipients cell. |
What are biofertilizers? Explain with examples. |
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(a) Why are thalassemia and haemophilia categorized as Mendelian disorders? Write the symptoms of these diseases. Explain their pattern of inheritance in humans. |
(b) Write the genotypes of the normal parents producing a haemophilic son. |
Write a note on somatic hybridization. Give an example where it is applied, |
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What measures do you suggest for prevention and control of alcohol and drug abuse among adolescents? |
(a) Write about microbial control of insects/pests. |
(b) What is IPM. |
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Explain gene therapy with example. |
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