NEET Zoology Transgenic Animals Assertion Reason Question
Assertion (A): Transgenic animals are used to produce biological products like human protein-enriched milk.
Reason (R): Transgenic animals are engineered to contain genes that code for human proteins, enhancing the nutritional value of their products.
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true, but R is false.
A is false.
Correct Answer
Detailed Explanation
The NCERT context explains that transgenic animals can be engineered to produce human proteins, such as in the case of the transgenic cow Rosie producing human protein-enriched milk, making both the assertion and reason true with R explaining A.
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