Multiple choice

Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the improved trait of

  1. high protein content

  2. high vitamin A content

  3. high lysine (essential amino acid) content

  4. insect resistance
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B Correct answer
Explanation

 Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the improved trait of high vitamin A content. Golden rice differs from its parental strain by the addition of three beta-carotene biosynthesis genes. The rice plant can naturally produce beta-carotene in its leaves, where it is involved in photosynthesis. However, the plant does not normally produce the pigment in the endosperm, where photosynthesis does not occur.

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