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Botany - 2 (B.Sc. Agriculture)

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Consider the following statements:

  1. In ‘Bt cotton and Bt brinjal’, the common term ‘Bt’ refers to as Bacterial technique.
  2. The twins whose bodies are joined together at birth are called fratenal twins.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

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Neither (1) nor (2)
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Statement (1) is incorrect. In ‘Bt cotton and Bt brinjal’, the common term ‘Bt’ refers to as Bacillus thuringiensis, a common soil bacterium.
When Bt is placed before a plant name, such as in Bt Brinjal, it means the plant has been genetically modified to produce a protein toxic to certain insects in the same way the bacteria does.
Statement (2) is also incorrect. The twins whose bodies are joined together at birth are called conjoined/ Siamese twins.

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