1. What is one benefit of pest-resistant GM crops?
2. What is RNA interference (RNAi)?
3. What is the ultimate goal of using RNAi in agriculture?
4. What is the role of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in creating nematode-resistant plants?
5. Which of the following best defines a selectable marker in cloning vectors?
6. What does insulin help regulate in the body?
7. What is the main benefit of using genetically modified (GM) crops in agriculture?
8. What is one benefit of using biotechnology in agriculture?
9. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of recombinant DNA technology in medicine?
10. What is the process called when a foreign DNA fragment inactivates a gene in a plasmid?
11. What is the significance of having both sense and antisense RNA in RNAi?
12. Which of the following best describes the action of Bt toxin in insects?
13. Which of the following is a chromogenic substrate used in identifying recombinants?
14. What is a key benefit of using PCR in early diagnosis of infections?
15. What is the main goal of personalized medicine?
16. What is the function of dsRNA in RNAi?
17. Why are transgenic animals important for studying normal physiology?
18. Which of the following is a limitation of traditional hybridization methods?
19. What is the term used for the loss of tetracycline resistance due to insertion of foreign DNA in a plasmid?
20. What does genetic modification help achieve regarding post-harvest losses?