Transgenic Animals
Transgenic Animals: Overview
This topic covers the concept of Transgenic Animals.
Important Questions on Transgenic Animals
The name of the first transgenic cow was:

Dolly, the sheep was obtained by a technique known as

Study the following statements
I) Programmed death of cells is called apoptosis.
II) is called guardian angel of cells genome.
III) Transgenic cow Rosie produced milk containing -1 antitrypsin.
IV) Nitrosamines are non-carcinogenic.
Among the above, the incorrect statements are

Study the following statements:
I. antitrypsin used to treat emphysema can be produced from transgenic animals.
II. Milk of the first transgenic cow, Rosie contains - lactalbumin.
III. First clinical gene therapy was given to a four-year-old girl with phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency.
IV. protein promotes the development and growth of tumors.
Among the above, the correct statements are

First transgenic cow with human alpha-lactalbumin gene is

'Rosie', a transgenic cow, is known to produce a type of milk which has all the following characteristics, except it

Match the columns:
Column-I | Column-II | ||
A. | Emphysema | 1. | Test to detect antigen or antibody |
B. | Rosie | 2. | α-1 antitrypsin |
C. | ELISA | 3. | Lactalbumin |
D. | ROP | 4. | Codes for proteins involved in plasmid replication. |

Majority of transgenic animals are:

Match the columns
Column-I | Column-II | ||
Emphysema | Test to detect antigen or antibody | ||
Rosie | antitrypsin | ||
ELISA | Protein enriched milk | ||
ROP | Codes for proteins involved in plasmid replication |

Given are names of some transgenic animals. Identify the name of transgenic sheep.


95% of the existing transgenic animals are

The first transgenic cow___A__ produced human protein-enriched milk containing the human protein called__B__.

Mice are most successfully produced transgenic animals due to the following:

Transgenic animals are extensively used for all of the following procedures EXCEPT

Free martin is an example of

Which of the following is not true regarding the use of transgenic animals ?

Genetically engineered bovine is related to which of the following?
