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Biotechnology & genetics

Science & Tech10 of 11 papers19 questions

What UPSC asks

  1. What a biotech term meansTranscriptome, Cas9, RNAi, pronuclear transfer, microsatellite DNA
  2. What it is used forDNA barcoding, aerial metagenomics, monoclonal antibodies
  3. GM cropsBollgard and GM mustard, and what the inserted genes do
  4. Limits of gene editingWhat is actually possible, and how much DNA can be edited

Asked again and again

Cloning and mitochondrial replacement201720202021What SCNT and pronuclear transfer are used for
Gene editing and genetic medicine201920202026What can be edited, and how much DNA
GM crops and their inserted genes20182021What the inserted genes do
DNA tools and what they can find201720222023 Q692023 Q70Barcoding, microsatellites, crop genome sequencing

How to study it

  1. For each biotech term in the news, write one plain line on what it is.
  2. Add two uses and one thing it cannot do or is confused with.

Hardly ever askedStep-by-step lab methods; questions ask what a technique is for

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