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Insect resistance transgenic cotton has been developed by inserting a piece of DNA from ______(a) an insect(b) wild relative of cotton(c) a virus(d) a soil bacteriumThis question was addressed to me in an online interview.My query is from Biotechnology Applications topic in section Biotechnology and its Applications of Biology – Class 12

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The correct option is (d) a SOIL bacterium

For explanation I would say: Insect resistance TRANSGENIC cotton has been developed by inserting a piece of DNA from a soil bacterium. The bacterium used in this is Agrobacterium tumefaciens. This organism is responsible for causing crown GALL disease in an insect.



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