Genes Coding for Insecticidal Peptides Have Been Engineered into the Genomes

question 37

Multiple Choice

Genes coding for insecticidal peptides have been engineered into the genomes of some crops. These peptides are naturally produced by the bacterium:

• A) Bacillus thuringiensis
• B) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
• C) Anabaena variabilis
• D) Erwinia carotovora
• E) Escherichia coli

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Definitions:

Add

To combine one thing with another so as to increase the size, number, or amount.

Assumption

A premise or statement taken to be true without evidence for the sake of argument or investigation.

UI

Universal Instantiation, a logical rule of inference stating if something is true for everything in a category, it is true for any specific instance of that category.

Quantifier-Negation Rule

A principle in formal logic that deals with the relationship between quantifiers and the negation of statements.