A bioengineer wants to create a new variety of soybean that produces oil that ta
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A bioengineer wants to create a new variety of soybean that produces oil that tastes like peanut butter by transferring the gene for an enzyme from peanut plants into soybean plants. The vector of choice for transfer of the peanut transgender into soybean would be a A. F factor B. Phage virus C. Ti plasmid D. Plant virus E. None of the above A bioengineer wants to create a new variety of soybean that produces oil that tastes like peanut butter by transferring the gene for an enzyme from peanut plants into soybean plants. The vector of choice for transfer of the peanut transgender into soybean would be a A. F factor B. Phage virus C. Ti plasmid D. Plant virus E. None of the above A. F factor B. Phage virus C. Ti plasmid D. Plant virus E. None of the aboveExplanation / Answer
Answer:
Correct option: C. Ti plasmid
Explanation:
Ti plasmid or tumour inducing plasmid (extra chromosomal genetic material) is an Agrobacterium plasmid. It is often a part of the genetic machinery the Agrobacterium uses to transduce their genetic material into plants as pathogens.
In genetic engineering modified Ti plasmids are used by the deletion of their tumour inducing genes and replacing it with required foreign genes for genetic transformation.
This method has been successfully used for development of transgenic plants in crops such as Soybean, Sugarbeet, Pea, Tomato, etc.
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