Which of the Following Is NOT a Potential Benefit of Using

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a potential benefit of using transgenic plants?

• A) They can reduce the use of harmful chemical pesticides in the United States and thus provide an ecological benefit.
• B) They can generate restriction enzyme sites on a foreign gene of interest to be cloned.
• C) They often increase yields, providing more food per acre and reducing the amount of land needed for agricultural use.
• D) They can allow crops to be grown on land previously unavailable for productive agricultural use.
• E) They can be used to express large quantities of specific biological products more cheaply and quickly than by expression in animal systems.

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Definitions:

Chordates

Deuterostome animals that, at some time in their lives, have a cartilaginous, dorsal skeletal structure called a notochord; a dorsal, tubular nerve cord; pharyngeal slits; a postanal tail; and an endostyle (or its derivative, a thyroid gland).

Cyanobacteria

Photosynthetic microorganisms, formerly known as blue-green algae, that are important in oxygen production and nitrogen fixation.

Marine Invertebrates

Animals without a backbone that live in marine environments, including species like jellyfish, sea stars, and corals.

Translational Components

Molecular elements involved in the process of translating mRNA into a protein sequence.