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10.Biotechnology and its Application
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Insect resistant transgenic cotton has been produced by inserting a piece of $DNA$ from

A

$An$ insect

B

$A$ bacterium

C

$A$ wild relative of cotton

D

$A$ virus

Solution

Insect resistant transgenic cotton was produced through genetic engineering by inserting a piece of $DNA$ from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. Hence, this cotton is called transgenic cotton or Bt cotton. It provides resistance against the ballworm of cotton.

Standard 12
Biology

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