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Biotechnology, Biology, Health Technology

Q 2019, Biotechnology, Biology, Health Technology

With reference to the recent developments in science, which one of the following statements is not correct?

In an important step towards the creation of artificial life, American researchers have developed a living organism that incorporates both natural and artificial DNA and is capable of creating entirely new synthetic proteins.

A wide variety of double-stranded DNA models are widely replicated in an in vitro DNA replication system containing the purified proteins specified by seven bacteriophage T4 DNA replication genes (32, 41, 43, 44, 62, 45 and 61).

Through micropropagation, the plant can be developed in the laboratory and Chlamydomonas cells can be replicated in culture through variations in light.

Q . 2019, Biotechnology, Biology, Health Technology