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Question :Bt cotton is not(A) a GM plant(B) Insect resistant(C) a bacterial gene expressing system(D) resistant to all pesticides

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A GM plant
Insect resistant
A bacterial gene EXPRESSING SYSTEM
Resistant to all pesticides

Solution :BT cotton is a genetically modified plant, genome of it is modified by INSERTING a foreign gene from a soil bacterium Bacillus thurengenesis.
This genetically modified plant cell produces .cry. protein. This protein when is ingested kill certain insects like, lepidopterancoleopterans and dipterans.


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