The phenomenon of introducing exogenous DNA into the genome of plant or animal is called _____.

Tissue culture

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Transgenesis

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Transfection

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Foreign gene therapy

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Solution

The correct option is B Transgenesis
The phenomenon of introducing exogenous DNA or DNA from another organism into the genome of plant or animal is called transgenesis. The foreign DNA introduced in this process is called a transgene and the animal in which it is introduced is called a transgenic animal.

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Arrange the following steps involved in gene therapy in a correct order:

i. Isolation of functional or expressible gene to be inserted

ii. Identification of non-functional gene

iii. Insertion of DNA into a vector for delivery into the target cell

iv. Recombinant DNA construction

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