Gujarati
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9.Biotechnology Principals and Process
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Consider the following statements

$I.$ A soil inhabiting plant bacterium, Agrobacteriumtumefaciens, a pathogen of several dicot plants is able to transfer a piece of $DNA$ known as $T-DNA$

$II.$ The T-DNA causes tumours

$III.$ Tumour formation induced by $Ti-$ plasmid

Which of the statements given above are correct?

A

$I \;and \;II$

B

$I\; and \;III$

C

$II \;and\;III$

D

$I, II \;and \;III$

Solution

Agrobacterium tumefaciens (soil inhabiting plant bacterium) is a pathogen of several dicot plants. It delivers a piece of $DNA$ known as $'T-DNA'$ in the $Ti-$ plasmid which transforms normal plant cells into tumour cells to produce chemicals against pathogens

Standard 12
Biology

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