Question

Shiela is Lactating mother but unable to produce sufficient breast milk to feed her newly born baby. She discussed this problem with one of her friend who is a biotechnologists. Shiela’s friend solved her problem by recommending her to feed her baby with transgenic cow milk but shiela decline to give transgenic cow milk. As per shiela transgenic cow is same as that of natural cow and cannot replace her natural breast milk. Shiela’s friend explained her that Transgenic cow incorporating human genes, can produce milk contained the human alpha–lactalbumin and was nutritionally a more balanced product for human babies than natural cow milk.(a) What values did Shiela show towards her baby?(b) Name the first Transgenic cow.(c) What was the speciality of the milk produced by the transgenic cow?(d) How is ‘Transgenic cow’ considered different from a normal cow? Explain

Answer 1

Bt cotton is a genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically modified pest resistant plant cotton variety, which produces an insecticide to bollworm.