Synthetic media is of……types.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
Explanation: 1. Serum containing media and 2. Serum-free media
Which of the following is/are the application of animal’s cell culture?
a) production of antiviral vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and drugs
b) genetic manipulation and chromosome analysis of cells from womb
c) effects of toxins and pollutants using cell line and use of artificial skin
d) all of these
Explanation: study the function of the nerve cells is also an application of animal cell culture
Transgenic Organisms:
Transgenic refers to an organism or cell whose genome has been altered by the introduction of one or more foreign DNA sequences from another species by artificial means.
The resulting organism from recombinant DNA technology is known as……..
a) genetically modified (GM)
b) genetically engineered (GE)
c) transgenic
d) all of these
Explanation: in simple words, the free living organisms in the environment that have had a foreign gene inserted into them are called transgenic organisms
Which of the following was the first transgenic organism?
a) virus
b) cow
c) lamb
d) bacterium
Explanation: transgenic bacterium was produced in 1973
Which of the following gene was inserted into bacterium E. coli?
a) human growth hormone gene
b) human insulin gene
c) bovine gonadotropin gene
d) antibiotic resistant gene of plant
Explanation: By Herbert Boyer in 1978 to produce human insulin
