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Maximum number of existing transgenic animals is of:

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Pig
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Fish
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Mice
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Cow
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The correct option is C Mice
In the world, the maximum number of existing transgenic animal is mice. In Great Britain, GM animals are used in 53 percent of all experiments, with mice representing 91.4 percent of all GM animals used. The reasons why mice are used are as follows:
  • The mouse genome is very similar to our own/humans, making mouse genetic research particularly useful for the study of human diseases.
  • Mice are cost effective because they are cheap and easy to look after.
  • Adult mice multiply quickly. They can reproduce as often as every three weeks (they mate on the day they give birth), so scientists have lots of mice to work with.

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