Importance of Genetic Engineering

Importance of Genetic Engineering

IMPORTANCE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING Genetic engineering or rDNA technology can be used for various purposes: To manufacture important compounds like vaccine, hormones, vitamins, antibodies etc. The production of these substances…
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Recombinant DNA Technology

Recombinant DNA Technology

RECOMBINATNT DNA TECHNOLOGY One of the major applications of genetics is in genetic engineering which is also called recombinant DNA technology. In this technique the desired gene which is a…
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Genetics & Society

Genetics & Society

GENETICS AND SOCIETY You have learnt from earlier lesson of this unit that genetics is the science of heredity and variation. After Mendel’s work was rediscovered in 1900, genetics progressed…
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Mutation

Mutation

MUTATION A heritable change in the structure, content and organization of the genetic material that can be passed down to the next is termed a mutation. Mutation may occur in…
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Genes & Protein Synthesis

Genes & Protein Synthesis

GENES AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS The genes of an individual is its genotype, and the expression of genes results in the phenotype. For the study of protein synthesis you have to…
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