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Transgenic animals are produced by injecting foreign gene into the

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Egg
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Nucleus of unfertilized egg
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Nucleus of fertilized egg
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Nucleus of sperm
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The correct option is B Nucleus of fertilized egg
A transgenic animal is an animal which carries a foreign gene. The foreign gene with the help of vector DNA is inserted into the desired organism. This hybrid DNA is called as recombinant DNA and process is called as recombinant DNA technology. There are two methods for producing transgenic animal such as transforming embryonic stem cells (ES cells) growing in tissue culture with the desired DNA and injecting the desired gene into the pronucleus of a fertilized egg of the animal. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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