VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2013

  • question_answer
    Insect resistance transgenic cotton has been produced by inserting a piece of DNA from

    A)  an insect

    B)  a virus

    C)  a wild relative of cotton

    D)  a bacterium

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     A transgenic organism is an organism which contains a foreign gene. Such organisms are also called GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms), e.g., transgenic plant-Bt cotton. This cotton plant has a foreign gene for insect resistance from a bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis.


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