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Chapter 28, Problem 3DAA
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To determine: The difference between the concentrations of TCE around planted transgenic and vector control plants on 6th day.
Introduction: Transgenic plants are the plants whose genomes are altered or modified by inserting a desired foreign gene using certain genetic engineering techniques. Production of transgenic plant was intended for the expression of desired trait in the plants that does not occur naturally in them. Transgene (foreign gene) can be from unrelated origin.
Nowadays, transgenic plants play a significant role in phytoremediation (using plants to clean up the environment). The transgenic plants have the transgene, which makes the plant efficient to remove, utilize, and detoxify the pollutants. It can be used to clean up an important soil and air contaminant. Transgenic poplar plants that could express cytochrome P450 enzyme were produced to check their efficiency to clean the Trichloroethylene (TCE).
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 28 - Prob. 1DAACh. 28 - Prob. 2DAACh. 28 - Prob. 3DAACh. 28 - Prob. 4DAACh. 28 - Prob. 1SQCh. 28 - Decomposing organic matter in soil is called...Ch. 28 - Prob. 3SQCh. 28 - Prob. 4SQCh. 28 - Prob. 5SQCh. 28 - Prob. 6SQ
Ch. 28 - Water evaporation from plant parts is called...Ch. 28 - Prob. 8SQCh. 28 - Prob. 9SQCh. 28 - Sieve tubes are part of ______. a. cortex b....Ch. 28 - With stomata closed, a waterproof cuticle ______....Ch. 28 - Prob. 12SQCh. 28 - Prob. 13SQCh. 28 - Prob. 14SQCh. 28 - Prob. 15SQCh. 28 - Nitrogen deficiency stunts plant growth and causes...Ch. 28 - You just returned home from a three-day vacation....Ch. 28 - Prob. 3CTCh. 28 - Prob. 4CTCh. 28 - Prob. 5CT
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