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The toxin produced by the Bt cotton is coded by a gene named as

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cry
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Cry protein
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Cyr
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Solution

The correct option is A cry
Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis. It is a soil bacterium which contains a toxic gene called Bt gene or cry. The Bt cotton crop is resistant to bollworm due to presence of cry gene in its genome. It produces toxin that kills bollworm.
Thus, the correct answer is 'cry.'

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