Genetic Engineering

1.) Bacteria produce their own toxic proteins enable to protect themselves. There are dozens of strains of Bacillus thuringiensis that is toxic to the different larvae that pray on it. The vector used in introducing that the toxins in laboratories is the Ti plasmid vector. Ti stands for tumor inducing and is used by inserting a type of transposon, called T DNA, into the infected plant's chromosome. The copies of the transposon is contains some recognition sequences for particular restriction enzymes. This allows new DNA to be inserted into it. The DNA is no longer producing tumors because it has been altered. This type of vector is good to use because it then allows the cells to produce their own altered DNA that is protective against the larvae. Thus all the future plants should be resistant to their insect predators.
2.) There are several benefits to genetically engineering plants. One such benefit is the improved crop production and the......

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Title: Genetic Engineering
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