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O-LevelBiologyGenetics & Variation5090/11 · May/June 2016 · Q371 Mark

Genetic engineering can be used to introduce new characteristics into animals and plants. Which characteristic is not likely to be introduced into a cereal crop plant by genetic engineers?

Aresistance to bacterial diseases
Bresistance to fungal diseases
Cresistance to insecticides
Dresistance to viral diseases

✓ Correct answer

C: resistance to insecticides

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Genetics & Variation, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Biology, May/June 2016 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 37.

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