Concepts of Biology
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Author: Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise
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Chapter 10, Problem 6RQ
What is the role of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in the production of transgenic plants?
a. Genes from A. fume fociens are inserted into plant DNA to give the plant different traits.
b. Transgenic plants have been given resistance to the pest A. tumefacaens.
c. A. wmefaciens is used as a vector to move genes into plant cells.
d. Plant genes are incorporated into the genome of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
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