Applied Genetics

Cisgenic refers to

• genetic modification of a recipient organism, from same species

• genetic modification of a recipient, from different species

The theory of biological evolution was proposed by

• Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Dixon

• Joly

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Alleles are...

• Multiple forms of the same gene

• Multiple forms of different genes

• Multiple forms of the same jeans

Progeny testing is

• the comparison of a plants offspring with another plant's offspring kept under different conditions.

• Checking the DNA of plants.

• the comparison of a plants offspring with another plant's offspring kept under the same condition

Genome editing is

• The use of any technology that allows a change to organism DNA

• The use of any technology that allows a change to organism RNA

Selective breeding involves choosing plants with..

• Good petals

• Desirable characteristics

• Good yield

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Tissue culture is ..

• Growing plants

• disease- free plants are grown in the lab

• disease free plants are grown in fields.

Biodiversity can be enhanced with

• the reduction in the use of growing cereals.

• the reduction in the use of pesticides on GM crops

• spraying with fertiisers.

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Genetic resistance to disease in plants results from a plants ability to produce a gene that is resistant to a specific disease. This resistant gene is called an _________ gene

• R

• T

• B

• M

In relation to GM crops, it arises the following considerations...

• financial

• ethical and economic

• time

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