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Question

Which one of the following is not achieved by transgenics?

  1. Production of biodegradable plastics
  2. Production of edible vaccines
  3. Production of cloned animals
  4. Production of transgenic crops

Answer:

Option C: Production of cloned animals

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Production of cloned animals”.

The correct answer is: (3) Production of cloned animals

Transgenics are organisms or cells that have been genetically modified by artificially introducing foreign DNA sequences from another species into their genome. This process is called recombinant DNA technology.

Cloning is distinct from transgenics, as it does not involve the introduction of foreign genes but rather replicating the genetic material of an existing organism.